Don't sacrifice your content, your contribution to the web's future, your soul, for the sake of matching Internet speeds. Don't fall to the lowest common denominator. Collaborate on creating something. Apart, the Web Standards Project, Net. Com - all of these names we know and look to are collaborations, labors of love.
Collaboration takes more time, but the results can be spectacular.
The future can, indeed, be bright. But things do not simply materialize out of thin air. You can be part of the next revolution. You can help lead the charge, or you can build the walls that keep us from seeing the future. You can increase the probability that the next blind link I click will lead to something interesting and inspiring.