The later versions of the browser "Opera" has a built-it accelrator called "Turbo." When we had slower speed DSL here, that ocassionally ran as slow as dial-up I used it on it's automatic mode. Worked just fine. Opera is a browser from Finland. It is used by something near 3% of web users. Been around since before "Explorer." I use versions 10 and 11, now & plan to get to 12 soon. User control and security are it's strong points. Jim Ussailis Original Message: ----------------- From: Don Lesser dlesser at ptraining.com Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:52:47 -0400 To: heller at deepsoft.com, swampdancer at comcast.net, hidden-discuss at mm01.tnrnet.com Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] dial up accelerator? ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. 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. Don Lesser Pioneer Training, Inc. 139B Damon Road, Ste 8 Northampton, MA 01060 (413) 387-1040 (413) 586-0545 (fax) dlesser at ptraining.com www.ptraining.com -----Original Message----- From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Robert Heller Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:24 PM To: Stacy Kontrabecki Cc: hidden-discuss Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] dial up accelerator? ** 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. > -- 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 _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail