# How long will it load?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-long-will-it-load/30834>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 15, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-long-will-it-load/30834 "2003-09-15T02:36:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![abichap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@abichap](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/abichap)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-long-will-it-load/30834/1 "2003-09-15T02:36:28Z")

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Hi people. I have just done a movie and the whole size of the swf file is 3mb. Is a preloader neccessary? How long would it take to load 3 mb from the server to the client? Can someone please enlighten me? Thanks!