[O--T] Web Compressor for DSL or Cable?

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I use a program called "Netscape Accelerator" for my 56K dialup
connection. This program / compressor squashes the images before
sending them over the wires, and it makes a HUGE difference (about 8
times faster for an effective throughput of ~400 kbps over a
phoneline).

videonovels...

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Sorry bud, but the Netscape Accelerator DOES make a difference. It
squeezes 100 kilobyte images to 20 kilobytes, which I'm sure you know
well, will take less time to send over the wire. (And most of those
images are ads. so I don't care how bad they look.)

John...

I agree. I tested Dialup Accelerator and it definitely loaded web pages

I was so impressed that I even started asking on the Firefox forums as
to whether there was an equivalent FF extension, but there doesn't
seem to be. Maybe one day?

Troy.Heagy...

Yeah I discovered Netscape Accelerator does not work with firefox while
using my Netscape browser. I wondered why some pages were slow &
others fast, and then I noticed that the slow pages were
firefox-enabled. Once I changed them to IE-formated, they immediately
sped up.

I wonder how that Miliki product works? NA works because my ISP,
netscape, pre-compresses all the images/text before sending it over the
wire.

It also compresses flash video and text. From a recent session:
3700 kb of text
compressed to only 350 kb.

Again, it will take a LOT less time to send this information across the
wire. So NO the accelerator/compressor is NOT pointless.

I'd like to see if I can get something like that to speed-up my
brother's DSL connection. Does such a thing exist for hi-speed
internet?

Jordan...

DSL should be fast enough to display an image before a compressor could
even compress the image much less display it.

- Jordan

tomstdenis...

Possible, just need a host with a lot of bandwidth. Then use
something like squid proxy which talks to a proxy on the other end
[your host] and compresses data inbetween.

Good luck finding an ISP over DSL that runs that setup...

thanks :-)

Brenden D. Chase...

I think web-search has an excellerator.

Mr. Impressive...

Yeah, I've used it. I think all it does is try to cache certian
websites. My pages loaded slower with it, even when I set it to dialup.

videonovels...

I found a few better programs. They work by actually *compressing* the
text/images:

ONSPEED
Toonel

The same way that my Netscape (dialup) Accelerator works. Less
information to send = 5-6 times faster page loading.

The few times it did seem faster the little tab would read something
like .1 seconds saved or something. LOL.

Brenden D. Chase...

I think its web-searchs way of caching pages for use with their search engine.
An easy cheap way to get other people to do the work.

Pez D Spencer...

yes, web-search produced a product that they say accelerates a broadband
connection. i've never used it, so i can't give you an opinion.

here's the link: