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Author Topic: DSL Speed On Dial-up Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-22-2003 11:21 PM                     What's your opinion? http://www.proxyconn.com/  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-23-2003 02:02 AM                    You get what you pay for. Or in this case a bit less.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-23-2003 02:33 AM                        If "hundreds of thousands" of people are using this, why have we not heard of it before?  |  IP: Logged Paul Cassidy Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 549 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2001 posted 08-23-2003 04:32 AM                        Interesting ...has anyone used it yet ????  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 08-23-2003 11:18 AM                    a Quote from their FAQ page. quote: How much faster will my connection be? Connection and download speed depend on your modem speed, current phone line conditions, computer performance and configuration, on the type of data/graphics you download and on net traffic. On average you should expect up to 5x faster browsing speed*. *Speed of service, uninterrupted and error-free service is not guaranteed.  |  IP: Logged Paul Cassidy Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 549 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2001 posted 08-23-2003 11:30 AM                        Wow I get that without adding anything  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-23-2003 11:39 AM                        It sounds like they're doing a couple of things: caching web content from popular sites on their servers (which are presumably more reliable and better-connected than the original sites, which isn't necessarily true), filtering out banner ads, and using some sort of compression scheme when sending that cached content to the client. The end result is that this method definitely won't improve speed for stuff like large downloads, non-web activities (mail, ftp, ssh/telnet, online games, streaming audio/video, etc.), and pretty much anything but web surfing to very popular sites. If I'm interpreting the information on their web site correctly, and if it really does work, it's probably not so much a "scam" as it is an "ill-conceived idea."  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-23-2003 12:10 PM                     Probably an ill-conceived idea as Scott pointed out. A big banner promoting this was present on Microsoft's web bage. That's where I got the link from.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-25-2003 02:50 AM                        Some of these compare speed increases from "switching from AOL". Just dumping all the AOL junk probably accounts for the increase.  |  IP: Logged

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