What it does is compress the data when sending back and forth. I forgot the companies name that does it. Your PC will need some hoursepower to compress and decompress the info and I am sure alot of other factors play that are not found in a 3mbs Comcast connection.
Thank you, Eric Vogel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:25 PM > Subject: RE: PCWorks: AT&T Worldnet Accelerator > > > > Don't take this as any type of gospel, but when I see those commericals, > > I have to laugh. > > The computer screens load so fast in the commercial, they actually seem > > to load faster than my cable connection. I don't see any way in hell > > that they can load that fast from the 'net, unless they were small > > straight text pages. > > My guess is, the pages are stored on the machine for the commercial or > > are just part of a local machine presentation, and not actual internet > > browsing. How else would they have a set number of 40 pages loading one > > after the other without any user actions taking place? > > > > If they want to show how fast things download, why don't they post > > upload/download speeds like the cable/DSL companies? > > > > Thomas > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pals > > > Very sorry, I sent original post without a subject. > > > > > > AT&T Worldnet Accelerator claims surfing the web five times faster, > > > Net Zero states you can get high speed internet connection dial > > > up as well. Is this a valid statement? Does this technology work? > > > Does any one have any experience with either of these ISPs Phyllis ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
