On Apr 11, 2005 1:30 PM, JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 11, 2005 11:30 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A better solution to speeding up your dialup is to use a dialup > > accelerator like Propel Accelerator. > > > > Several of the local ISP's have such a service, e.g. tri-isys, pacific > > (i think..) although I've heard from Propel that infocom's branded OEM > > Propel has been disabled for non-payment of the licensing fees. :-) > > I've been wondering about that. I've always thought the local prepaid > ISPs use some sort of transparent proxying service and have been > calling it a 'dialup accelerator'. How does such an accelerator work, > and are there any good docs online about them?
They are proprietary solutions (as far as I know) - a proxy on the ISP end does lossy compression for what it can (pictures) and lossless for the rest (though I wonder if gzip encoding makes this less useful.) -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
