I did that in college in 1997 (in the US). :) I wired up 1/2 of our building by just throwing cables between rooms via the windows. We got our upstream via a

I did that in college in 1997 (in the US). :) I wired up 1/2 of our building by just throwing cables between rooms via the windows. We got our upstream via a commercial DSL connection, which when split 11 ways, was about the same price as dialup, but way faster.