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Comment by butlike

5 days ago

Dial up was 4 (four) kbps. Conceptually preloading wasn't possible I don't think

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viraptor  5 days ago

Very early, sure. But the later common speeds that most people experienced were between 14 and 56kbps.

Preloading was definitely possible even with just image tag ordering.

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