[thelist] OT: Slower Modems,does it matter?

[Peter Kaulback]

Almost every one of my 65+ clients has a nearly new computer (new since
2000) and the ones for whom I've built systems they upgrade far more often
than most younger people.  So they all have 56k modems and generally
connect at 45k.  Plus each one complains about how slow the internet is and
how they too can't wait for cable or DSL so I'd say they are generally
concerned of download times.  When it comes down to tying up their phone
lines to retrieve local information, they would just as soon as disconnect
and ask someone rather than wait.

Peter Kaulback

In the hour of 01:06 PM 2/22/2002 -0500, Bob Boisvert spoke this:
>I was just talking to one of my clients about posting his newsletter to his
>site.  In the conversation we had talked about the file size of the document
>and I mentioned it would download rather slowly for those who still have a
>28.8 or 56K modem.
>
>Now to understand this a little better, it's a church web site and most of
>the congregation is in the older category but the target audience is all
>ages.
>
>But what was said to me in the conversation was the people who have the
>slower modems don't care how long the browser takes to load what ever it is
>they want to look at, that's why they are still on the slower modems.
>
>Is this a general feeling among clients and do they actually care about how
>fast or slow the downloading of their web site takes for people with slower
>modem?.
>
>Bob