Well, it was shared by like 20k (occasional) users and 1-2k students with campus Ethernet network connections. (Still, it never really got saturated. There wasn&#x27;t that many interesting AND bandwidth-consuming services out there in the rest of the world.)<p>I think Sweden was quite good at getting people connected at decent speeds. In retrospect, I think this was a very wise way to spend tax money.<p>My personal Internet-connection history goes like this:<p>1994: 28.8 kbps modem at home in a small village. It cost like $2&#x2F;hour.<p>1996: 10 Mbit&#x2F;s - residential student university network, for like $10&#x2F;month<p>2000: 10 Mbit&#x2F;s - moved away from the student area to an apartment with a commercial connection (Bredbandsbolaget - they got loads of investements, some of it in the form of hardware from Cisco). $30&#x2F;month<p>2002: Upgraded to 100 Mbit&#x2F;s. $30&#x2F;month<p>2009: My homeowner association accepts a 10 year deal where all apartments get 100 Mbit&#x2F;s Ethernet-based access for $10&#x2F;month (in exchange for &quot;monopoly&quot; - everyone needs to pay $10).<p>(Since 1996, it&#x27;s been all direct Ethernet, no silly old stuff like DSL or cable.)