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J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 135, No 7, 872.
© 2004 American Dental Association
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CYBERNEWS

MAKE YOUR SESSION PLANS ON ADA.ORG
Have you registered for this year’s annual session in Orlando, Fla. yet? There’s a simple way to complete your registration, book your accommodations and secure your place in the sessions and events of your choice. Just visit "www.ada.org/goto/session".

Your Association’s Web site, ADA.org, offers a variety of resources for planning a productive and enjoyable annual session experience and completing your registration quickly and securely, any time of day or night. You can

– register for sessions, housing and special events;
– learn more about the new ADA Marketplace, which features 700-plus exhibitor booths organized in a new color-coded arrangement that helps you shop, compare and buy in four basic categories;
– search a comprehensive database of scheduled speakers and sessions;
– explore the exciting tour opportunities and familiarize yourself with transportation options in Orlando;
– download the complete 2004 annual session preview.

You can also find more information about the ADA/Sonicare Distinguished Speaker Series, the ADA Foundation Health Screening Program, evening entertainment and special events, postsession seminars and special rates on theme park tickets.

To get started, log on to the annual session content area of ADA.org at "www.ada.org/goto/session". The registration process requires a valid credit card and e-mail address and takes just a few minutes. The deadline for advance registration is Aug. 20. Send a message to "annualsession{at}ada.org" for more information.

KEEPING FAST COMPANY
Accessing the Internet through a dialup connection can seem a bit like trying to drink the ocean through a straw.

While the amount of information out there continues to swell each day, the formats in which this information is served up continue to increase in complexity. Web sites are more graphically appealing, advertising continues to grow more sophisticated, rich media formats offer music and video on demand, and many documents previously available by postal mail are moving to cyberspace.

All these factors conspire to make Internet connection speed, or throughput, more important than ever. And recent research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that more than one-half of all adults in the United States who go online have discovered that broadband Internet access can feed their need for speed.

As of March 1, according to Pew, more than 68 million adult Americans were logging onto the Internet via a broadband connection either at home or work, representing a growth of 60 percent since March 2003.

For the majority of Internet users, "broadband" refers to either cable or digital subscriber line, or DSL, access. While cable continues to be the most popular form of broadband service, DSL subscriptions have surged in the last year, the Pew research said, growing to a 42 percent market share compared with 28 percent in March of last year.

If you haven’t yet made the move to broadband Internet access, you may be missing out on an ever-growing array of rich online content that requires a high-speed connection. To learn more about your options for joining the world of broadband Internet access, visit "www.broadbandreports.com".

FOOTNOTES

HOW TO REACH YOUR ADA

PHONE, 1-312-440-2500, For ADA’s members-only toll-free line, see your membership card

FAX 1-312-440-7494

ONLINE www.ada.org

211 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611


Reported by Joe Hoyle, electronic media editor, "hoylej{at}ada.org".





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