Amid all of the noise about the broadcast networks trying to sell their new fall programs to advertisers in a process that has become known as "upfronts" and the future of the 30- and 60-second commercial, the Washington Post slipped in an interesting factoid: "that 17 percent of all households -- and most workplaces -- are equipped with high-speed Internet access."

Is everybody else on dial-up? What are these people doing? Do you think it has anything to do with cost?

Check out the whole article on the Washington Post web site; the direct link is:

www.washingtonpost.com/2006/05/19/2.html