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1 mb (1 milibit) HTML is not that "fat"...

By today’s standards, in a nation rich in high speed connections, perhaps.

I think you missed the (a bit pedantic) joke about units

Oops, you're right.

1 MB = 1 megabyte

1 Mb = 1 megabit

1 mB = 1 millibyte

1 mb = 1 millibit

In Europe a megabit is usually written mbit

1 mB = 1 millibucket

Most providers these days round up to the next full bit, though. Some even charge by the byte!