From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Retrograde  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:11:54 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >> US-based ISP America On-Line (AOL) will finally turn off its dialup   
   >> Internet service at the end of September   
   >   
   > There are other dial-up providers beside AOL.  That kind of connection   
   > is only good for email however and maybe Usenet.  Impossible to surf   
   > the modern web.  I remember when webpages strove to keep an individual   
   > page size below 30KB.  Long ago.   
      
   Indeed.  Testing "cnn.com" just now, I'm up to 258 requests and 27.95MB   
   of "compressed" data transferred, and its JavaScript continues to   
   "ping" the server side for something, adding to the number and amount   
   of data.   
      
   Browsing that, over 56k dialup, would be a very slow endeavor.   
      
   Now up to 359 requests and 38.1MB of compressed data, from the JS pings   
   while I typed the above bits.   
      
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