[Web4lib] Tools for designing for lower bandwidth users?

[Cornwall, Daniel D (EED)]

Hi All,
 
I've been coming to the realization that some of our organization's web pages may be very unfriendly to low bandwidth users. See http://www.museums.state.ak.us/online_exhibits/AlaskaGameShow.html for an example. It comes right up in the broadband friendly office I created it in, but takes quite awhile to load in other places. 
 
I think I could come up with different ways of presenting this material. It would help if one or both of the following were available:
 
1) A site or program that could take a URL and estimate the total loading time for various bandwidths.
2) Some program or site that could simulate lower bandwidth connections so I could be sure I wasn't developing content for high end bandwith users only.
 
Any ideas? I know I could sum up the HTML and all the images and then plug in that figure to a speed calculator, but I'm hoping for something a little more automated.
 
Thanks in advace for any assistance you can offer. - Daniel
 
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Daniel Cornwall
Head of Technical and Imaging Services
Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571
Ph: 907-465-6332
Fax: 907-465-2665
E-mail: dan.cornwall at alaska.gov
 
What does the Division do? See http://lam.alaska.gov <http://lam.alaska.gov/>  for a sample.
 
My opinions are my own unless otherwise stated.