I remember that the internet was still on dial up connections for home use back in the early 2000s.
Dial in with a modem, and it would turn off the phone line for 5 or 10 minutes while one whole page loaded up - with a slow moving blue line to show percentage progress.
When I was job hunting online, I used to go down to the library and use their PC's for an hour a day because the connection was much quicker (and free = cheaper)
Happy days