> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I would guess that most (at least a large percentage) of their target > audience has broadband. Last weekend I was over a friends house with dial-up and I was amazed at how completely unusable the web was for me... Gmail, my local weather site, news - all took forever to load up... I no longer develop public facing sites - but if it's been awhile since you've tried surfing with a modem - I'd give it a try now and then just to remember what a majority of people are experiencing on the web... Sept 2006: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/09/jd_power_high_speed.html "The study finds that 56 percent of residential ISP customers subscribe to high-speed Internet service -- an increase of 11 percentage points from 2005." So I'm guessing in 07 you are still looking at 40%+ using dialup. That said - I'd vote for smaller file sizes... Jim "There is more to life than simply increasing its speed." ~Gandhi
