[Hidden-tech] dial up accelerator?

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:52:47 -0400 "Don Lesser" <dlesser at ptraining.com> wrote:

> 
> We used to have a piece of hardware, Webramp, that combined up to three
> dialup connections on separate phone lines to give faster thruput, but that
> was 20 years ago. Doubt they still make it, but you might try looking
> around.

And probably also required a cooperative dialup provider, one that
supported bonding multiple physical connections into a single logical
connection. 

> 
> Don Lesser
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> 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.
> > 
> 

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