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To: Jason Rooks who wrote (21254)	11/30/2001 9:53:16 PM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

Jason, thanks for the support. Your experience is identical to mine. This is exactly how I got off on a tangent about my father-in-law. I bought him a 3.3 megapixel camera that produces photos of at least a half a megabyte with mild compression. It is a pain in the butt to scale these down to 50KB before e-mailing and such compression also limits one's ability to print photos from on-line albums with the same quality in which they were captured. Currently he can download photos into his PC and send them off totally unaltered, unmanipulated and uncompressed and not worry about the time it takes to send them. This will be a big plus in a few months as my sister-in-law is expecting her first child and it may be a year or more before we have a chance to see the kid in person. I don't think my experience is unique. Most families I know have at least one family member in another city, another state, another country or another continent where frequent visits are just not possible. Digital photography and broadband connections are the perfect elixir for the homesick and those still afraid to brave the airlines. It also gives my father-in-law something to do when he isn't "enlarging his porn collection". Aus

To: Jason Rooks who wrote (21254)	11/30/2001 10:12:18 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Jason, if I want to share a photo with a relative, I send it to them via email. I click on Mail, New, Insert, Picture, type "see attached" on the Subject line and then click Send. Most of my relatives have figured out that the cost of an extra phone line is excessive and have opted for cable or DSL. Those who are still dialing up know how to download their email while they surf or watch TV. Broadband is great for HUGE files but does little for those whose sights are low. If it takes two minutes or two hours to download an MP3 album, it takes the same amount of actual work ... so many people could care less. Craig PS At home, I have 1.5Mbs (real) download speed and 384Mbs (real) upload speed with several fixed IP addresses for $99/month. I have several huge hard drives and little patience for hardware delays ... but you might expect that from a "programmer".