Dialup was amazingly awful. I remember downloading a pack of activation hack files for Windows XP from eMule over dialup. It was about 80mb in size and there was only one person sharing it. I was so desperate to get it that I even sent the person hosting it a PM begging them to stay online til I was done I don't know if he got it, read it, or cared, but I got the file and it workedWell, maybe 15 years ago, it's been so long, I'll correct that.