[Hidden-tech] dial up accelerator?

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:18:36 -0400 "johnwaynecote at gmail.com" <johnwaynecote at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Indeed the web is no longer very dialup friendly, but nothing says
> you cant use multiple browsers to make the best of the situation or use
> a modern browser with plugins or its ADA features such as Firefox has.
> 
> Im sure she is well aware dialup is not ideal for her friend, but
> right now that is what they have. 
> 

For most of *rural* America, dialup is pretty much the only option (and
for some of us satelite (or celluar) internet is not an option, usually
for topologial reasons (mountains and/or trees in inopertune places). 
The US is *16th* in Broadband Internet availablity (behind several
'third world' countries!).  Embarassing but true.

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> Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> >At Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:31:25 -0400 "johnwaynecote at gmail.com" <johnwaynecote at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> Netzero does still exist.
> >> 
> >> www.netzero.net/dialup
> >> 
> >> The 14.95 package uses all the tricks available for dialup. The tricks only apply to html,text and images so normal surfing. Downloads are still 56k or less.
> >> 
> >>  personally if I was on dialup I would just switch to a text browser 
> >> 
> >> Such as lynx with image support.
> >
> >Unfortunately, lots of web sites *require* JavaScript, so lynx is of
> >minimual use...  *Some* websites cannot be used at all with a dial up
> >connection -- they don't work with Lynx and are too bandwidth hungry.
> >
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Sent from my LG phone
> >> 
> >> Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
> >> >   ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >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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