Ahhh, yes ... but THESE were the glory days. Alas, they are gone. But I'll still take 1200 - 1500 kbps any day. (BTW, that's 356KB/s, *NOT 356kb/s ... as in about 1 megabyte every 2.5 seconds. Also, the "always there" connection is MUCH more significant than people realize or think about. It eliminates so many real world references it's amazing. No phonebooks, encylopedias, dictionaries, etc., etc. in my house anymore. Music CD database lookups, zip+4 look-ups, time-servers ... they're all automatic, fast, and hassle-free. Let's hope broadband is available to everyone within the nest couple of years. It will be better for everyone using the Internet, including current broadband users, IMHO.