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Hello Tom - 

->> Well, I have ISDN, which is better, but not that much more
->> bandwidth. It's hard educating people about this problem.
->> If I mention that some stupid website needs ages to load to
->> the people around here, they try and and respond "What are
->> you talking about, it loaded in a couple of seconds for
->> me!" Of course they have DSL, or in other words, 12 times
->> my bandwith (or even more nowadays). 

TW> That is something I just don't understanbd. Dial Up despite
TW> the technology is still the Majority of the web surfers, at
TW> least here in the United States. YET Web designers insist
TW> in loading down their pages with Bandwidth HOG functions. 

I think the latest statistics claim 50% in the USA are using
hispeed connects (not dialup). Other developed countries seem
to be greater than 50%. 

The assumption that all websites exist to service _all_
internet users is not quite accurate. Many business websites
are there to service other _business_users_ and not individual
customers. Some do not even sell retail at all. Businesses can
afford the hispeed connects in conjunction with their other
computer-related activities and write a portion of the costs
off at tax time. 

College websites that can be accessed on campus via their own
network have no reason to accomodate dialup users, etc. That
they are accessible via the WWW is almost a coincidence and not
necessarilly their primary focus. 

I am dismayed at the abuses of internet bandwidth for voice
telephone calls, internet 'radio', webcams used in conjunction
with instant messaging, and bloated FLASH index (first) pages
of websites but there is no regulation of who gets to hog the
bandwidth. Not unlike our economy where there are the rich and
the poor and not much in the middle. 

Those of us not in college or operating a dot.com business are
just 'hitch hiking' on the running boards now. The internet
belongs to those who can afford it - many cannot and just don't
realize it yet. :-\ 

btw: Cable TV has begun placing 'banner ads' into movies while
the movie is being displayed and using 'webdesign' concepts for
commercials (have you noticed?). 

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