I'm willing to bet that netzero is talking about something like this http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/cflow_intro.html
it's called a predictive caching server and works with a (usally windows only) client-side program to pre-fetch items that you are going to download.
there is also this http://www.propel.com/ac/howitworks.jsp which looks like a software only version.
Would you like your ISP to run all your websurfing through a (possibly buggy) transparent caching proxy and then offer you filtering as "value added service".
On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 08:08 PM, Elijah Buck wrote:
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 12:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:It is just a clever caching scheme. Actually downloads won't increase.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?;
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 specificis there special hardware needed? At ~$15/month it would a pretty good deal if its true.
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