Video or pictures...what is the future of the web?

[Paul L]

Don't forget lots of people still do not have broadband yet, and I personally think it will be a few years before it can be classed as "standard" and we can forget about the slower users.

I recently run a poll on my site to try and clarify what connections people are using and got the following:

ADSL or cable 50.9%
56K modem 27.2%
64K ISDN 11.8%
128K ISDN 4.5%
T1 4.5%
Don't know 3.8%

So the penetration of broadband is not as great as you may think, so I certainly think at present there is still a big need for picture sites.

That's just my thoughts for what they are worth!!

Cheers

[txxx]

50.9% thats a political majority, i think thats pretty conclusive

[Paul L]

I don't think it is conclusive if you are running a site and people are paying to view content and cannot download it.

It is a different story if you make it very clear that the site is say based on broadband quality movies, as they shouldn't be so stupid as to signup with only a 56k dialup.

But personally I think for most sites you still must cater for those on slower connections.

[mark]

Paul L wrote:

> It is a different story if you make it very clear that the
> site is say based on broadband quality movies, as they
> shouldn't be so stupid as to signup with only a 56k dialup.


Yep, I did a poll on my UK site and only a small percentage of my members are viewing both pics + video. They want movies, large files, better quality.

The bitch for me is the 256kbps upload we seem to be limited to in this country :/

mark