[Hidden-tech] dial up accelerator?

[Stacy Kontrabecki]

My friend from Heath is a self-professed cheapskate, a senior with lots 
of time on his hands (will spend 8 hours downloading a file instead of 
going to a wifi hotspot to download it) and running and old-ish 
computer. He will never move to satellite - the only option out there. I 
can change none of these things, but I might be able to influence what 
additional cash he spends on software/accelerators and recommend a 
browser for him, since he asked me.

I know. I know.

Stacy Kontrabecki, MBA
MA Lic. Forester #311
FSC and ISO 9001 Consultant
www.swampdancer.com

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On 4/4/13 4:26 PM, jeclairm at gmail.com wrote:
> This might not be the most helpful answer, but has your friend 
> considered finding an alternate method to use the internet? If they 
> can't do some kind of dedicated connection for whatever reason (cable, 
> DSL, fiber), there are plenty of wireless providers that offer 3G and 
> 4G dataplans that are reasonably cheap. And, there is always satellite 
> internet. Any of these methods would completely remove the issue of 
> the slow browsing speed that dial up has. Dialup and modems aren't 
> really used very much at all (at least in the USA) for internet access 
> and browsing the web anymore. So, there aren't many resources out 
> there for browsing the web for dialup users anymore.
>
> -Ed C
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Stacy Kontrabecki 
> <swampdancer at comcast.net <mailto: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.
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     --
>     Stacy Kontrabecki, MBA
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