Can dial-up modem users access the digital microscope?
Yes– if they are patient. A good modem connection gives about 48,000 bits per second. One tile of one image is typically 80,000 bits, and one field of view is about nine tiles… so a modem user might have to wait about 18 seconds for one small field of view. There is no technical problem to solve to support modem users, modems are simply limited in their transfer rate. Any viewer with DSL or cablemodem will load single fields of view within about two seconds. Using the technology on a Local Area Network gives lightening fast panning and zooming.
