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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by wrycoder on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:01PM (#24052665)
lol. How about a 1.5 mbit per sec DSL line?
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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by kevincox on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:37PM (#24054245)
Might have to cut some features but the point is the same. Companies will build sites to the level of slowness that they think is tolerable. If their user's internet connection gets better that means that they can be less efficient and add more features.
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