That said, I wonder if feelings will change with the increasing
popularity of broadband connections.

No, they won't change. Besides being huge (with consequences beyond
connection speed), classification and segregation of topics is a Good
Thing. It helps readers find what they want, and ignore what they don't
want.

Jose
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"There are 3 secrets to the perfect landing. Unfortunately, nobody knows
what they are." - (mike).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.