Hi all (experts in particular)
There has been lots of correspondence recently about the Internet, WWW and
connections in general, e.g. ISDN, cable modems, etc. Please forgive my
ignorance on these matters but isn't the speed at which pages, especially the
newer animated ones, are displayed on one's screen mainly dependent upon the
slowest link in the chain, e.g.. port speed, processor, video card and VRAM.
I have experience of using both a 486 and 14.400 modem and now use a Pentium
90 and 28.800 modem but I must say that I have not found any increase in speed
staggering - the main delays seem to occur whilst the web site is first
located and then a reply awaited. Will these improve with higher transfer
rates? I'm currently experimenting with Microsoft as an ISP and using I.E.
3.01
Will we all need one of those f**k-off PCs in order to benefit from a faster
connection or will our own hardware have to catch up first?
Regards
Peter Wilson
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