Sorry, mate .. missed the thrust of your point before ..... totally agree ... however, if the thing were to go to CD, then the cost ought to be able to be reduced sufficiently that no-one in his/her right mind would waste their time with the net access.
As a comparative for instance the US FARs/Aust CARs are on the net .. but what a pain it is to get access that way when they are available via a couple of CDs. Just my view ...