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Ataglance2

12/31/05 3:03 AM

#68634 RE: xanadu #68632

here is an example of what im saying..here is a flash format movie..now you can get to the link because it is not password protected..but if it were you would need a password to watch it..now if it were password protected,then the way you would normally steal or copy it would be right click on the movie and copy or download it..try to right click on this example and you will see you dont have that option,because the file resides on the server and not in the html..

click and try....http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php
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histo

12/31/05 3:29 AM

#68640 RE: xanadu #68632

Dial up is dying. Look at load times for most pages. A lot of web designers are forgeting about 56k development. They still do it but i'm seeing more and more sites that aren't 56k friendly.
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fringe_remnant

12/31/05 10:17 AM

#68659 RE: xanadu #68632

xan

You wrote: "a lot of people don't want to pay for the service (high speed)".

This will be the minimum delivery benchmark very soon, like dialup is now the bottom marker. Paying for it will not even be in the equation.

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lesnshawn

12/31/05 10:58 AM

#68680 RE: xanadu #68632

xanadu: A lot of folks may not want to pay for high-speed at first, but everyone I know (those that spend or intend on spending any time online) that has access to it eventually switched over. At first folks may say they don't want to spend the money but when they realize what they're missing out on w/ friends and family (sharing large files, pictures, video clips, etc.) due to the lack of bandwidth they have, coupled with the further realization that bottom line, "time is money", it soon becomes an easy decision to switch from dial-up to broadband.

I don't know one person that has regretted the decision.

Do you?

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Goldrush2001

12/31/05 11:09 AM

#68689 RE: xanadu #68632

Broadband prices have dropped a lot in my area in the past year. I can get 700Kbit/second DSL for $15.95 per month (12 month introductory offer, but I do not expect it to increase that much afterwards). That is quite a bit cheaper than a lot of the dial-up 56Kbit/second connections now (AOL $22 per month).

On top of that Verizon just laid FIOS (big fat fiber) through my neighborhood. The low end of 5Mbit/second is to cost $35 per month. I think the 5 Mbit per second is plenty capacity to use VOD.

IMO, the number of broadband connections will be growing by leaps and bounds in the very near future.
Ron