Issues with multimedia and graphics

• 1k is about 1 second at 14.4kbps

• Color depth affects file size

• HTTP 1.0 is stateless

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Stateless protocol means that a new network connection is opened for each file -- so a 9-image HTML document means 10 total connections to the server were opened. This can be unfriendly to the network.