The networked PCs are all perfectly capable intranet clients and the browsers are cheap or free. Intranets are cross platform. Intranets are the easiest way to get everyone communicating. Intranets are robust. Much of the underlying technology has been in use on the Internet for one or two decades.
Intranets are fast.
The speed of the intranet is as fast or faster than accessing the Internet. Once companies discover how useful intranets are, they'll start thinking about making some of the content available to customers on the Web. The bandwidth that is commonly used at this time is 14.4 Kbaud modems and moreoften now 28.8 Kbaud modems. The future looks good in terms of the recent telecommunications bill passed by Congress and signed by the President earlier this year. As a result of the new law, and present and up and comingtechnologies, the size of the bandwidth that can reach each house will increasegreatly over the coming years.