Internet Accelerators.

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: malak

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: malak
Get Opera The latest version in beta right now will have built-in web accelerator. So even if it's a minor boost, at least you get it for free. Pay for whichever ISP is cheapest.

That isn't actually possible using just the client software -- you have to compress the data on the ISP server, before sending it on the phone line, to effectively increase bandwidth. The only way it could work is if the Opera folks pay to set up proxy servers to do page compression and the Opera browser is set to use those servers instead of connecting directly to websites.

Read about it here

No, that's just integration with / compatibility with server-side web acceleration. Opera by itself does nothing, you still need to have an ISP offering SlipStream compression.

But you're correct, Opera will let you choose the cheapest ISP that offers SlipStream web acceleration.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: malak

Originally posted by: Hardcore

Originally posted by: malak

Founded in 2000 in Waterloo, Ontario, SlipStream Data Inc. is a privately-owned software development company that delivers on the need to increase the speed of Internet access - regardless of network connection - by providing unparalleled compression.

So? Do you even comprehend what you're reading? It just means this would work over dialup, LAN, WAN, or Wireless.

No... honestly, you bash me for not reading it but apparently you didn't either. Web acceleration is used in every major dialup ISP, from Netzero to AOL. Slipstream is not an ISP, they simply make the technology. I don't know the specifics on how it'll work, the latest version of opera isn't out yet, but obviously there is going to be a benefit to having it built into the browser instead of getting it through the ISP, otherwise they wouldn't have integrated it.

No, i read it right, i just wrote it incorrectly. It doesn't work for all ISP, and infact MOST don't have this technology. Open your yellow pages and see how many of them do. The large ISPs are able to implement this first, because they can afford to, and it's a great gimmick, but it's far from your idea of 'going with the cheapest ISP', because these aren't the cheapest ISP out there. I get people leaving our ISP all the time, and in a month, they come back, because they get nowhere near the 5x advertised speed. But we are implementing this on our end as well, and we're only testing a couple of cities atm, but we'll eventually be rolling it out for all cities, because it's a gimmick, and new users who don't know better, think it's great, so we need this to compete.

And Slipstream isn't the only technology out there, Bytemobile, Propel, and i'm sure others as well.

 

[Silversierra]

Sorry to barge in on your argument, but I have opera 8 beta, is that what you mean? I didn't see anything about web acceleration. I typically use firefox, but sometimes I use Opera. They both have advantages.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Hardcore
No, i read it right, i just wrote it incorrectly. It doesn't work for all ISP, and infact MOST don't have this technology. Open your yellow pages and see how many of them do. The large ISPs are able to implement this first, because they can afford to, and it's a great gimmick, but it's far from your idea of 'going with the cheapest ISP', because these aren't the cheapest ISP out there. I get people leaving our ISP all the time, and in a month, they come back, because they get nowhere near the 5x advertised speed. But we are implementing this on our end as well, and we're only testing a couple of cities atm, but we'll eventually be rolling it out for all cities, because it's a gimmick, and new users who don't know better, think it's great, so we need this to compete.

And Slipstream isn't the only technology out there, Bytemobile, Propel, and i'm sure others as well.

Well I've never seen an ISP cheaper than $10 a month, not even local. Best bet is big boys like Netzero usually anyway.