On Monday 13 September 2010 14:19:49 Per Jessen wrote:
1) in my part of the world in the 90s, there was no use nor demand for the LAN in residential areas, but once the internet content grew, the internet connection got increasingly better, and more people began buying computers. 2) in your part of the world, ethernet LAN (for some yet unexplained reason) became extremely popular in residential multi-storey buildings.
Because 1. it was cheap to buy an ethernet card and a cable and connect to the neighbors 2. five people if acting together could get cheaper Internet than acting separately - just buy one channel (whether fiber, ADSL, radio or other technology available then) and share it. 3. such networks grew to become local providers, then merged to become a city-wide provider -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org