Not only do both systems have to have a lot of capacity so do the intermediate systems the signal goes through. Bandwidth is only as wide as the narrowest link in the line. So their system has to be fast enough to handle a lot of connections simultaneously without slowing down. Their ISP has to have the bandwidth to handle those connections. The backbone connection on their end has to have the bandwidth. The backbone connection of your ISP has to have the bandwidth. Your ISP has to have the bandwidth. Any your system and connection has to be pretty fast. If any of them are not up to par then anything but a text (html) page is damn slow.
Of course most sites have to have a gee-whiz display because their content is worthless anyway.
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Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Are you saying that there has to be a lot of power at both ends of the connection? That the computers have to "match" in some way?
mike wilson wrote:
Highly fashionable these days to use flash and only show a teaser of the main pic - as if thumbnails were not disappointing enough. I was lucky that my fast connection/big screen was matched by one at the other end. It's suprising how often it isn't. My rule - you've five seconds to show me your page, otherwise I'm gone. I only change that if I'm trying to buy something 8-)
-- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com
"You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
