1. Not everyone in the world has a fast internet connection, or even a reliable one. Smaller pages have a better chance of making it through congestion or physi

1. Not everyone in the world has a fast internet connection, or even a reliable one. Smaller pages have a better chance of making it through congestion or physical layer problems. 2. Even when speed is not an issue, many people are billed by the megabyte. My phone's data plan for example. I almost never use it for anything more than email and a handful of very trusted sites.