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New Breed Of Web Accelerators Actually Work

axlrosen writes "Web accelerators first came around years ago, and they didn't live up to the hype. Now TV commercials are advertising accelerators that speed up your dial-up connection by up to 5 times, they say. AOL and EarthLink throw them in for free; some ISPs charge a monthly fee. Tests by PC World, PC Magazine and CNET show that they do speed up your surfing quite a bit. They work by using improved compression and caching. The downside is they don't help streaming video or audio." And they require non-Free software on the client's end, too.

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  3. what about your WiFiPod? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    +5 WiFi@@!!!

  4. Re:Next thing... by cymen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Plus maybe they won't have e-coli and fecal material mixed in this time around! Wahooo!