Re: Dial-Up Connection "Accelerator" Technique



On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:29:23 -0700, DeserTBoB <desertb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

|>
|>Dial-up "accelerators" are a ripoff and generally only speed up simple
|>text and other really simply compressed stuff. JPEGS and MPEGS will
|>get squashed and corrupted. Useless for modern web sites, etc. Net
|>Zero is trying to make a bundle off their "accelerator" service. It
|>is a complete sham. So is "Earthfink." Why bother with a ripoff
|>accelerator, when Verizon (in some markets) is now offering ADSL (not
|>that good...768 Kb/s tops) for $9.95/mo.? Even ADSL can beat any
|>"accelerator" and frees up a phone line.


All modems have always had V32/V42biz LAPM Data Compression built
into the modems rochwell chipset even software/win modems......

Some Programs like DAP download while emulating as much as 10
connections on the same file at once, like multiple modems, and that is a
faster download.
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