If you go to the internet with a low speed connection, for example the classic 56k dialup, I suggest you to turn your theme for the site to Aphrodite text , it doesn't use graphics so you should load the page faster. There is also the LO-FI version of the site, the link is at the bottom of the page, using it most of the graphic of the site will be disabled, emoticons included.
The "aphrodite text" is a good compromise for speeding up the site.