Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to Charles Angelich:

 MMC> 23 Oct 2003, 18:20, Charles Angelich (1:106/2000), wrote to Roy J.
 MMC> Tellason: 

 MMC> Hi Charles.

 RJT>> So far so good, I'm still on page 2 with "6 images of 8
 RJT>> loaded" and waiting... 

 CA> Unfortunately for those of us with dialup access about 50% of
 CA> the Internet users are on high-speed connections and websites
 CA> are written to accomodate those with faster connections. :-\ 

 MMC> According to recent Telecommunications hearings on C-SPAN, high
 MMC> speed access, whether DSL or cable is _still_ only available to 7%
 MMC> of the US population.   

 MMC> Now, if that 7% comprises 50% of the total Internet users, things
 MMC> are going to get REAL JAMMED UP real soon!   :-((

Heh.

They are continually adding carrying capacity to backbones and such stuff...

But do you think that maybe it's even remotely possible that these
companies that are putting together all these web sites with big piles of
images might ever possibly get a clue?  Ever?

There _are_ lots of sites out there where I can get in,  get the site
loaded,  and get the info I'm looking for in a reasonable amount of time. 
Guess which ones I favor?  :-)

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