[X-Newbies] Dialup services

[Scott]

On Sep 22, 2005, at 10:12 PM, Steven Rogers wrote:

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> On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:
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>> Surf the Internet on Your Favorite Mac for Even Less With  
>> FasterMac.net . . .
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> This actually looks pretty good - thanks for the pointer . . .
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>> • The same 56K dial-up with TurboMac Acceleration, for surfing up  
>> to six times faster, as low as $7.41 per month
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> So what the heck would this be? Can they really make the modem go  
> any faster than its already going?

They basically compress the data. Text will go faster, jpgs and mp3s  
will download at about the same speed. I do not know whether they use  
client software for this, or if they're flipping a switch on the  
server side that takes advantage of compression features built in to  
the client-side modem.

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Scott Buntin