On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 12:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All the discussion regarding DSL got me wondering > about alternatives. I'm sure most of you have seen > the NetZero ads claiming speeds 5x Dial-up. I'm > curious if anyone has any experience with this - > i.e. is it real or just some clever caching scheme?; It is just a clever caching scheme. Actually downloads won't increase. There is probably just some NetzeroServer-Client compression. They admit to as much in their ads. In fact, I'm pretty sure the FCC limits actually rates to 53.33Kbps. > is it OS-independant?; I think it is windows specific > is there special hardware > needed? At ~$15/month it would a pretty good deal > if its true. > > -Beaker > > -- > [SIMPLE MACHINES] --> gopher://beaker.mdns.org > > (or, via proxy) > > > http://www.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite?gopher://beaker.mdns.org:70/11/ > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
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