Onders - 7:12 pm on Jun 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

I have a bit of trade off to make between a great design and a page that loads really quickly. Could anyone shed some light on how quickly users will leave a page if it is loading slowly, and is user patience still as big an issue on the internet? As an aside, how many people actually have broadband?! (in the UK that is)
Many thanks!