That's dial-up in general...
When I first upgraded from it to 128Kbit broadband, I felt like I was on a spaceship pushed by Flash in comparison.
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AOL at least gave me 28.8 of the 56k I was promised, and was usually able to keep me online for hours. With Netzero, I'm pretty sure I managed 3-4 kbps at best and probably 15 minute long connections. AOL may have been a pile of suck, but what else could you do with 999 free hours?
http://javjunkies.com <- pretty great for censored JAV stuff.