On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:43:44 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I turn once again to you, the great internet gurus of aviation, for answers
to the mysteries of the web...

Yesterday NPR announced that only a third of internet users are connected at
high speed, using either DSL or cable. This truly surprised me, and I'm
absolutely amazed that so few people have made the jump to high-speed
internet -- I could never, ever go back to dial-up, and have been on cable
modem for years.

Because of this rather shocking statistic I instantly redesigned our webpage
so that the home page is smaller and opens more quickly. (According to what
Frontpage was telling me, it would have taken several minutes to open over a
28.8 modem!) It never dawned on me to design the page for dial-up, because
I thought slow connections were on there way out!

snipped....

I have a T1 connection at work and dial-up at home. My modem is 56K,
although the connection speed is generally something less than that.
I can tell you from experience that surfing at home on dial-up isn't
nearly as horrible an experience as many make it out to be. The
problem is when I have to download files. I have booked hotels online
(from home) and it is not a hassle.

Everytime I think I would like broadband at home, I realize that every
month that is going to cost me a half-hour of flying time. I quickly
come to my senses and go flying.
Rich Russell