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ThunderCast #2: Mozilla's Mike Conley & The Retro Internet Retreat

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The Importance of Dial-Up Internet

How long would it take to load up the Verge or Facebook on a dial-up connection these days? There is a DevTool in the Firefox DevTools in the network panel. You can simulate DSL, 4G, 3G, 2G, regular 2G, GPRS. The other thing that I was reminded of about this whole like retro making retro web is there is Neo Cities.org. Create a free website and you've got like a culture here that's you know kind of got this retro vibe of like early 2000s internet.

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