Wow! If you loose your ADSL or cable connection you are "out of touch"...
scary!


>I can't even get 56K at my house. I live in an old area of town in an old house. This means old wiring and old equipment at Qworst's switching facilities.
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>>A few years ago, 56K modem weren't too bad because websites didn't have a lot of graphical and/or dynamic content, and cookies weren't encountered very often.
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>>Now, with some sites throwing 4 and 5 cookies on the first click, lots of graphics and then having remote ad servers dropping dynamic banners on to the page, 56K surfing is similar to Chinese Water Torture. I have a tier I ADSL connection and some sites make it seem like molassas. And, if I am not mistaken, some sites are throwing cookies and then checking to see if they can read it back. If they can't the site won't display...
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>>Although UT looks pretty and is fast from a T1 here at work, flash and other dynamic additions can slow down access a lot from a 56K modem. That's the main reason why I wished that Michael hadn't gussied up UT so much.
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>>If my ADSL service drops I will probably limit my www activity to email and selected resource sites.
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>>Jerry