Teacherinabox–outside the box

In the case of educational institutions and schools it can mean that there is an internet connection but that the connection is still at the speed of dial up (56kbps) and that there is only sufficient bandwidth to have a small number of devices on that connection at any given time. As internet bandwidth has improved in the developed world the lessons learned about how to optimise a website or a resource when the best you could hope for was a 56 kbps dial-up connection have been forgotten. Unfortunately this means that for many users in the developing world sites have become virtually unusable, if they are trying to work while online.48

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