Re: Accessibility

Christopher,

it is about time someone pointed this out.  Many people in the US believe
the Internet is their exclusive domain.  This is going to change quickly.  I
saw one prediction of 600 plus million using hand held cell devices to
access the Internet.  That should shake things up!

Sincerely,

Mike Burks

----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
To: <hwg-theory(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 4:07 AM
Subject: Accessibility


> OK - Accessibility with a new slant :)
>
> I'm not talking about web-accessibility, but internet-accessibility!
>
> While I realise readers of this list aren't the "average everyday user", I
> still see a continual suggestion that 28.8 is the "minimum" access speed
> webmasters should consider when designing.
>
> Here's a local report I came across recent (4/4/99 - non Y2K compliant
date
> format :)
>
> >DIGITAL DATA INQUIRY: AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY REPORT
> >Norm O'Doherty
> >Special Adviser, Australian Communications Authority
> [snip]
> >THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DISPARITY BETWEEN METROPOLITAN AND RURAL CUSTOMERS
at
> >the reasonable data rates of 14.4 kbit/s and 28.8kbit/s as shown in the
> >table below.
> >
> >PSTN Data Transmission Rates in 'Urban and Provincial/Rural' Areas
> >
> >Transmission Rate     2.4kbit/s     9.6kbit/s     14.4kbit/s
28.8kbit/s
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Metro                        99%           95%           85%
60%
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Rural                         99%           70%           45%
30%
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> (This quote was extracted from a public forum
> http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/online-ed/ - the full report is available
> from http://www.aca.gov.au )
>
> Given that the Internet isn't as US-centric as members on some of the
other
> lists tend to think *VBG*, and that there appears to be a significant
> difference between urban and rural users (at least in Australia), what
> access speed do most web designers design for?
>
> (Just as well none of my Stats students will quote me on that "sig dif"
> without an alpha error :)
>
>
> Chris Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
> Gilbert Chandler College
> http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/
>

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