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Modem Accelerators?
An Anonymous Coward asks: "I was browsing on the web and came across a reference to Coastal Web Online's claim of a modem accelerator Apparently it is a service which is supposed to make your modem 3x faster. Is this possible? I've already got a v.92 modem and I thought it already did compression. It is possible it is a proxy doing some compression on white space in HTML or something, but I don't think so, since it apparently only works with Windows 9x and Internet Exploder. For $8.00 a month ontop a the dialup access sounds kinda snake oilish. Does anybody on Slashdot use the service? Would they recommend it? This sounds remarkably similar to the old idea of 'waxing your modem'. Am I missing out on something here?"
From The Site:
How does the 3XS system work?
We send you a CD ROM with your side of the program to load on your computer (a 5 minute process). At our network headquarters, we filter you through our Accelerator Server.
Once you have installed our 3XS software, even on a trial basis, you can click on and off the ICON to see the difference in downloading web pages, and transferring e-mail attachments on your computer.
From this I would have to think it is a data compression by proxy server system that uncompresses on the user side, they offer a 7 day trial, if your really curious I suggest trying it.
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We send you a CD ROM with your side of the program to load on your computer (a 5 minute process).
Is this the new FedEx super-express delivery I've been hearing about? How much does it cost?
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