how Internet back in the copper wire days could still transmit data in seconds when Electrons flow through copper at a few metres per second.

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how Internet back in the copper wire days could still transmit data in seconds when Electrons flow through copper at a few metres per second.

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Pages took minutes to load over a modem/landline set-up. Dial up internet was slow. Pages were designed to load quickly. No video pop-ups back then. Was a much different Internet. In 1998, 3 megabytes was a large file which could take 10 minutes to download.