Do these technologies from Netscape ISP and AOL actualy work or are they just another website caching technologies? If they are doesn't that leave you with another place on your HD with traces to you internet habits?
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Do these technologies from Netscape ISP and AOL actualy work or are they just another website caching technologies? If they are doesn't that leave you with another place on your HD with traces to you internet habits?
DO NOT TOUCH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are invariably scams..........you get what you pay your ISP for, within the limits of your local technology........sorry, that is a fact of life :(
Those are spyware/adware! Be ware!
you know they are bs man;\
Okay how could they possibly be anything else but crap? You pay for dial-up, you get ~5kBps and that's it. If you had something 4 times that fast it would be called something else.
Most of them would actually have disclaimers written in smallprint in some place hidden away from view.
i remember when im on dialup, i always get interested in the webccelerators etc. but i know they are all crap since a 56k modem cannot be supercharged. well, it can be but it will fry it over time. most of those internet accelerators just save webpages (which you can do thru your browser settings) automatically. people fall for that that crap and pay for this junk.
Use a hosts file to block the Adds...
Best browsing accelerator I ever used..
it also help limit the Crap you find slowing your poor little puter..
a customer came in the other day wanted his machine cleaned.. complained after he realised I removed Bonzi Buddy... he PAID for it.... gag! then complained his machine was still slow..
cant win them all
ive thought of starting my own comp store. i know windows inside and out just about, and my buddy knows unix/linux. most problems are very simple to fix. ive had some nasty viruses that make worms these days look like garbage. these people dont know what the old viruses were like, people may remember AIDS, and Tentacle etc....win3.1 days
I agree most accelorators are crap, but they do work...sort of. They dont incresase your speed they just make what your dl'ing smaller. Like pictures and stuff from webpages will come out blurry (poorer quality) becasue it will dl faster. Its just a change in the way data is handled giving the illusion of a speed increase.
well there is an option to make image dithering worse to increase d/l speed. havent used it in a while, like 8 years when i was in a 2400 modem lol. but it is an option, mainly on aol
I use one, it does just like XTC46 said, the pics look like hell, but text does load much faster. It is called "Revved". It can be adjusted as to the diminishing of the quality. It makes dial up more bearable.
[plea to DSL] please please come to my area PLEASE [/plea to DSL]
lol, dsl isnt even available here, but i forced them to come here. they need to make money, so bug them
I never used these accelerators.
XTC46 what browser do you use did you try mozila i think it is the best you don't have to make any additional settings to save pages or anything like that it automatically blocks pop-ups ,has a built in download manager.
I'd recommend giving Firefox a try, it's very lightweight and the number of add-ons give almost every extra feature you could dream of! Like Adblock is sweet, you can click on pictures/flash/applets and block them individually or as a source [don't tell JupM but I have mjxads.internet.com/* blocked :D]Quote:
Originally posted here by littlenick
I never used these accelerators.
XTC46 what browser do you use did you try mozila i think it is the best you don't have to make any additional settings to save pages or anything like that it automatically blocks pop-ups ,has a built in download manager.
I did that too.Thanks for advise it was really helpful.Quote:
Originally posted here by hypronix
I'd recommend giving Firefox a try, it's very lightweight and the number of add-ons give almost every extra feature you could dream of! Like Adblock is sweet, you can click on pictures/flash/applets and block them individually or as a source [don't tell JupM but I have mjxads.internet.com/* blocked :D]
i've heard of "web accelerators" before, but the reason i'm asking about it is that AOL and Netscape offer this and YES, they want EXTRA MONEY for this. I didn't mean the 3rd party stuff.
You can't incress your TCP/IP value with AOL. Proxy, with a cap off.
May I recommend CableNut. Although, you may incress your value quite easily, I'll explain this quickly, and to the point.
Opening tcpip, afd, netbt and ipnat on a ramdrive to up your packet value.
I think that is out of order. It should be there in the first place? I can understand having to pay for third party solutions, but your major vendor systems should be complete in their own right.Quote:
but the reason i'm asking about it is that AOL and Netscape offer this and YES, they want EXTRA MONEY for this
Hell, next thing Microsoft will be charging for security patches
:D
i'm w/ nihil
gigist ... try to write a bit clearer
I think you guys are really mistaken in what the AOL, netscape and netzero web accelerators do.. They are on the fly compression engines. Basically you run their client software on your computer and before the data travels across the modem they compress as much of it as possible. Then when the data gets to you it gets uncompressed. This is why the small print in the ads say that it doesn't increase speed for file downloads or streaming data that is already compressed, only text.
Them charging for that service is completely legitimate as it requires more processing power on their end.
If they provided a service at the advertised speed there would not be any need for more expensive add on's.Quote:
This is why the small print in the ads say that it doesn't increase speed for file downloads or streaming data that is already compressed, only text.
I use both firefox and IE depending on what Im trying to do. I dont like most pop-up blockers becasue alot of the tools my job uses are web based and you need the pop ups. I dont have problems with adware and other malware. My box is maintained very well becasue I remove that crap for a living (among other things as a computer tech) so I know how to defend against it, so I dont mind using IE.Quote:
Originally posted here by littlenick
I never used these accelerators.
XTC46 what browser do you use did you try mozila i think it is the best you don't have to make any additional settings to save pages or anything like that it automatically blocks pop-ups ,has a built in download manager.
Believe it or not, they do give you the advertised speed. Obviously phone/cable line quality, and your distance from the OC will drop your speed, depending on those qualities.
AOL can't be tweaked, I would agree if you said it was illegal.
Yeah sure you are right It can't increase speed but it can give you a faster browsing experience.Quote:
Originally posted here by Gigist
Believe it or not, they do give you the advertised speed. Obviously phone/cable line quality, and your distance from the OC will drop your speed, depending on those qualities.
AOL can't be tweaked, I would agree if you said it was illegal.
I did a search on this subject and found out that it is not concerned with increasing speed but proper utilization of available bandwidth.
For DSL users it may be useless but for those dial up and cable net users(with low bandwidth) it can be useful.
take an example of PC booster how does that work?clean up registry and delete illegal entries start up files and so on so your PC starts working fine.
Sure you can manage registery manually but not everyone can.
I tried to find how Web Accelerators work.It is basically designed to provide maximum acceleration to web sites that you frequently visit.
Images significantly increase the length of time it takes to download a webpage. With Web Accelerator you can cut download times by as much as 10 times by adjusting the resolution setting (quality) that you want for each image. The lower the resolution, the faster the page will download.
http://www.iinet.net.au/dialup/webac...elerator1.html
some of you might say "rubbish" but for some dial up users it can be handy.if you use DSL you may never see the difference.
####My exsperice in the web browser is that it came up as adware on my computer
####just another way of tracing my info,But tracing me at the same time .I don't know folks dose ####that sound like a good thing?[gloworange]HUMMMMMM[/gloworange]
There are a number of alleged accelerators around that are just vehicles for spyware/adware.
The general concept or methodology seems to fall into three distinct categories:
1. Compression and decompression of data
2. Reducing quality, and therefore volume
3. Tweaking the TCP/IP Stack (that is what CableNut does)
#3 might be of some value, depending on how badly your system is set up in the first place. The other two are of very limited value.
Where you are mainly wanting to download large files such as software trials you are unlikely to gain very much...................you need broadband. From unhappy's other posts, I believe this is what he is interested in.
I have already suggested a site for getting cheap Linux distros on CD, otherwise you need a few friends with broadband to d/l and burn the stuff to CD for you.
;)
OOOOOk
I just responded on the topic,I have no use for those dumb programs i'll just wait for the slowness
of my CPU
Some of the things that took a long time to create,were the best.I don't know if the same thing applies for my computer ............... :o
Internet surfing would be faster for dial-up users if every damn website wasnt packed down with flash, shockwave, video, audio...etc.
If nothing else use lynx or another text based web-browser and your internet will seam much faster....but everyone wants buttons and pictures.... Internet killed the BBS star
"users if every damn website"
You could reload Google every second, you'll be happy with the speed.
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If they provided a service at the advertised speed there would not be any need for more expensive add on's.
I'm confused here. If all they have is 56k modems in their dialup pools then they are giving you the speed that they advertise. The ISP can't be held responsible for the quality of your phone line and the inherent problems with trying to push a system that at most supports 33.6kb/sec up to 56kb/sec.
Hi All
I understand accelerators & optimizers, My main ISP uses them for
dial ups who cannot get ADSL ... It compresses the pictures and html
and it is uncompressed in the users computer on the fly....
It will work for pop/smtp mail, ftp and other type of services....
Be aware that this type of system needs a pretty good computer
to uncompress on the fly..... Also it can be used as a method of monitoring
users where they go on the web and an easy e-mail tap by the ISP or FBI.
This will not speed up d/l of files already compressed.
Nor will it work with https encripted packets.
I have tested my ISP's out... Personally it has it's good
and bad points....
in the case of AOL wouldn't it be true that their "accelerator" would only work from within the AOL browser, if you can call it that?
I personally only use AOL to connect, then I minimize it ane browse w/ Firefox