Currently, cable access is my connectivity medium to the Internet and other broadband telecommunications offerings. As of my last bill, that service runs me approximately $30 every month. Overall, I have been more than satisfied with cable access as it provides excellent file transfer rates. Uploading or downloading information has become significantly easier since I switched to cable about six months contrasted with my previous DSL service. Cable has provided me, as an individual user, with less stress when it comes to quickly and easily accessing information in almost any format.

             Online training has been negatively affected by limited bandwidth availability. In essence, limitations on bandwidth availability make it more difficult for large amounts of information or data to be uploaded or downloaded. More bandwidth, in these terms, is better. Since online training can (and usually does) involves the transfer of large files in audio or video format, limitations on bandwidth availability will continue to undermine the use of online environments for training purposes.

             Obviously, if limitations on bandwidth availability will limit the use of the Internet for online training sessions, increasing the bandwidth availability-as has been the recent trend-will almost certainly encourage the development of new online training programs. Increasing bandwidth will also have significant effects in other aspects of the telecommunication industry. If more space is available for file transfers, then individuals and businesses will almost certainly begin to take advantage of the new availability by designing content and programs that are more video or audio intensive. Consumers will come to expect better interfaces that are capable of handling the greater bandwidth potential. While promising for development, this has the potential to place an even greater bandwidth burden on the telecommunications industry in the very near future.