Jason Wong wrote:

>On Tuesday 16 July 2002 17:12, Cedric Veilleux wrote:
>
>>      What I was thinking about is doing a reverse dns lookup on the client's IP
>>and try to determine quickly if he's on a low or hi speed connection. 
>>
>
>You have to bear in mind that reverse DNS lookups are not instantaneous. It 
>can take anywhere up to around 30 secs for it timeout. Are you prepared to 
>make your users wait that long?
>
I feel the idea is not accurate. My ip address (a static one from my 
isp) would remain the same if I went to ADSL from my current dial-up access.

HTH
Chris



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