At Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:07:24 -0400 Stacy Kontrabecki <swampdancer at comcast.net> wrote: > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > A friend of mine has dial-up internet. He's heard there are internet > speed accelerators that quicken his online experience by compressing > data and rendering images, etc in lower res. I've never heard of this, > but told him I'd ask you what was the best one. AOL and Netzero used (and others?) to have these features as part of their dial-up service, but I don't know if either still even provide dial-up access anymore. I don't believe that there ever existed anything like a standalone dial-up 'compresser' -- it was always through a dialup provider that used a propriatory connection protocol (either instead of ppp or over top of ppp) and/or a customized web browser (or some combination of the two). I don't know if Netzero even still exists and I don't know if AOL still provides dial-up service anymore -- many of the old national dial-up providers have moved over to providing third-party services over DSL or Cable, etc. and have tossed their dial-up hardware (or whatever) out. > > Thanks. > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments