ADSL is asymmetric in that it uses most of the channel to transmit downstream to the user and only a small part to receive information from the user.
Flash enables the creation of sophisticated animations that stream and include sound.
Flash animations require little disk space and can be loaded quickly by a browser. XS4ALL have opened a free dial-up account for online gamers. With this the fast XS4ALL gameservers will also be accesible for non-abonnees. Everyone can dial up XS4ALL using this free account, and obtain an optimal pingtime. Streaming Media is fast becoming a popular and interesting media on the net.