I downloaded movies in the late 90s on a 56k modem. The movies were generally compressed to fit on one or two writable CDs, you can download 700MB easily overn

I downloaded movies in the late 90s on a 56k modem. The movies were generally compressed to fit on one or two writable CDs, you can download 700MB easily overnight (about 3.5 hours if your ISP is good). The quality was much worse than what we're used to now though.