In the not too distant future folks will be quite interested on moving around DVD disks of stuff. There are DVD Writers starting to show up in the Retail stores now. A typical CD of (600 M
takes something like 3-12 hrs on a Broadband Connection. A single side DVD holds some 4.7 GB of stuff. There are Double Sided ones around as well. Transferring a DVD on a Broadband Connection is looking like several days. 56K modems will never make it in such a World. All you can do is P-mail actual disks. If you want to do much with DVD's you need a "Fibre" Connection.