Picture Size Standards Still An Issue?

[secretagentwilly]

Is picture size still a factor? I recieved a submission today where some of the pictures were huge as fuck and over 320KB...I know a lot of linklist rules such as link-o-rama say 100kb max and a few of my freesites have been accepted with one or two 110 kb or so sized images...I assume the 100kb rules was super important when everyone was on dial up, but now with dsl and cable and lightning fast internet, is this a super sticking point anymore? Even on my cable, the 320 kb picture took a few moments to load...any input?