The Web means solutions are no longer one-off, but replicable. With big profits. At least according to USA Today , which cited us for the weekend of May 16-18. The big problem is the infrastructure. You can't get bandwidth.
Solutions are at hand, but they'll take time to work their way to the mass-market.
To find the solutions, consider the poor packet. What's bad for e-mail is worse for Web animations. That, or something like it, is part of the solution. The problems can be dealt with by increasing the number of NAPs, or upgrading the hardware and software used by major ISPs. The financial incentives are there, the business plans can work.