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Now that I’m on a slower internet connection, web bloat gets much more obvious. My connection can download about 300 KB per second, still 50x faster than dialup.<\/p>\n

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This is not even slightly atypical.<\/p>\n

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Clear Channel: (iHeart!)<\/p>\n

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5 MB of that web page is loading two MP3 sound files counting down the most listened to stuff of the week, which seems to be for no purpose. Another 350k is a high resolution picture of Ryan Seacrest<\/p>\n

Matt Drudge is tracking you more than the NSA<\/p>\n

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