Re. how fast the higher graphics contents pages take to display.
You are on the right track, I think, when you say:
> 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,
you quite correctly have tried to eliminate one bottleneck by getting a faster
connection to your ISP.
However, consider that there are many other links along the chain from your ISP,
to the backbone, across the Atlantic (Pacific, whatever) to the host which your
target page is on. That server itself could range from a Linux box in someone's
bedroom to a Silicon Graphics Grand Challenge farm.
So speed of download can depend on the speed of links all the way there.
That's why Pipex and Demon are pushing themselves as beign better, as they
have invested in dedicated high bandwidth trans-atlantic links.
>the main delays seem to occur whilst the web site is first
>located and then a reply awaited.
Again, this is due to the nature of the HTTP protocol (AFAIK)
You must wait for the connection to be made.
A heavily used server may not have enough 'daemons' slaving away in the
engine room to draw your picture :-)
John Hearns
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