[bluedino]

Computer, server, internet connection were huge costs back then. As was the web server software.

You could use a $200 refurbished Dell, internet at Starbucks, $5/month VPS these days.

Heck, it was hard to get a 5MB web hosting account back then for $10/month!

[ken]

5MB went a lot further back then. Viaweb is older than Javascript or CSS -- not to mention custom fonts, video, or high-resolution bitmaps.

In 1995, 5MB was hundreds of pageloads. Today, it's one.