Glancing at stats from Point Topic[1] and Internet World Stats[2], it looks like only a quarter of the world's internet connections were broadband in 2009. If o

Glancing at stats from Point Topic[1] and Internet World Stats[2], it looks like only a quarter of the world's internet connections were broadband in 2009. If one is building software for a global user base, a fast connection is not a given for most people. 1. (pdf) http://broadband.cti.gr/el/download/World%20Broadband%20Statistics%20Q4%202009.pdf http://broadband.cti.gr/el/download/World%20Broadband%20Stat... 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_broadband_Internet_users http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...