Ross Gardler wrote:

Yes, just ask me, I am paying US$99.00 (also add 15% tax) monthly for just 512 kbps now [1]. :-(

I don't wanted to add the bandwidth use as an issue, because it really depends on how we do the client. A really advantage of rich clients is that they (under some cirscunstances) don't need all the "document styling stuff" embedded in the page as the current browsers need. As a sample, lets see how a query to a DB server can use more or less bandwidth. It depends on how we ask the content:

"SELECT * FROM a_huge_table; --> resulting in millions of records throught the poor bandwidth! Too bad!

or just: "SELECT * FROM my_huge_table [LIMIT x] [OFFSET y]" --> with this we are able to skip "y" rows and send only "x" rows through the bandwidth. A lot better!

This was already solved by LAN rich clients long time ago. I believe similar behaviors can be used in the new web world of rich clients for other formats, hence sending just a fragment of a huge document.

Best Regards,

Antonio Gallardo.

[1] See: http://www.cablenet.com.ni/aboutus/servicios/highspeed.html