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The BBC report today that we are facing a web slowdown by 2010 due to lack of infrastructure.

For users, the slowdown could see a return to the bad old days of dial-up, the report predicts.

Well, I have a few thoughts about this.

Firstly, it’s bloody slow as you like now at times. We have three separate 8Mb lines at the office and I have a 2mb line at home and sometimes, they can be rapido. But, at other times, I may as well be staring out the window looking at the grey Basingstoke skyline and my colleagues often have to put up with me shouting, “I can not work in these conditions”, like Christopher Biggins having a hissy fit.

Secondly, marketers like to show-off. They hear about video this and web 2.0 this and load their websites to high heaven with all sorts of unnecessary gimmicks. Yes, by all means have video, but make it load on request!

Final thought, we can all see the web is the way forward. Someone, somewhere needs to put the money in - estimated to be £66bn globally.