User numbers: Access speed

>many people accessing the web still are using monitors which only support
>256 colors
...

Anyone have a source for reliable figures as to what people are using 
out there? Especially: Connect speed, but also interested in 
platform, monitor size?

In particular: I am running into requests to add Big Fat Things to 
various sites, and having a little trouble arguing against 150K home 
pages. I have numbers but nothing I can point to as definitive and 
convincing -- and recent.

For instance: Adobe's home page is about 150K these days -- nearly a 
minute for many modem users! The argument I got was that their 
customers are professionals, all connecting with big pipes. I 
questioned this and my source claims Adobe has measured this and is 
confident. I dunno -- what about home office users; international; 
road warriors with laptops? Are they impacting a tiny percentage of 
their users; or are they missing the boat?

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