OnSpeed

I often see OnSpeed advertised in the press as a real alternative to
broadband as it uses your existing dial-up connection and ISP. It
claims that its software works by compressing data harder, so that
information comes through faster. Using this technology, downloads are
up to 5 times faster than standard dial-up.

Me, I'm already on broadband but would still like any comments or
experience of this product. Has anyone here tried it?
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Yours truly,
Ed

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:34:47 +0000, Ed <ex@directory> wrote:

>Me, I'm already on broadband but would still like any comments or
>experience of this product. Has anyone here tried it?

contemplated it in order to collect the evidence for a complaint to
the Advertising Standards Authority.

It can compress stuff that is compressible, and can compress images by
reducing their quality, however a downlaod of an exe or zip file will
be compressed by exactly zero % and will download at a maximum of the
rated line speed of the modem at the time.

Phil
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Come on down !

"Ed" <ex@directory> wrote in message
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> I often see OnSpeed advertised in the press as a real alternative to
> broadband as it uses your existing dial-up connection and ISP. It
> claims that its software works by compressing data harder, so that
> information comes through faster. Using this technology, downloads are
> up to 5 times faster than standard dial-up.
>
> Me, I'm already on broadband but would still like any comments or
> experience of this product. Has anyone here tried it?
> --
> Yours truly,
> Ed

I tried the demo once and noticed that all the sites I visited looked
slightly "rough". All it did was reduce the picture quality on the sites you
visit. It did make a difference on speed to open pages but no difference in
downloading files like MP3's.

Waste of time really. I believe AOL now use it on their browser called AOL
TopSpeed.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Phil Thompson
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:34:47 +0000, Ed <ex@directory> wrote:
>
>>Me, I'm already on broadband but would still like any comments or
>>experience of this product. Has anyone here tried it?
>
>contemplated it in order to collect the evidence for a complaint to
>the Advertising Standards Authority.
>
>It can compress stuff that is compressible, and can compress images by
>reducing their quality, however a downlaod of an exe or zip file will
>be compressed by exactly zero % and will download at a maximum of the
>rated line speed of the modem at the time.
>
>Phil
What's more, trying to compress an already compressed file, often
results in a larger file!

Better to simply use a faster browser such as FireFox (ever wonder why
OnSpeed is only available for use with Microshite?). or simply switch
off images
Wally Hayward

I agree, forget about it.

Bert.
"Gareth :-) voom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Ed" <ex@directory> wrote in message
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>> I often see OnSpeed advertised in the press as a real alternative to
>> broadband as it uses your existing dial-up connection and ISP. It
>> claims that its software works by compressing data harder, so that
>> information comes through faster. Using this technology, downloads are
>> up to 5 times faster than standard dial-up.
>>
>> Me, I'm already on broadband but would still like any comments or
>> experience of this product. Has anyone here tried it?
>> --
>> Yours truly,
>> Ed
>
> I tried the demo once and noticed that all the sites I visited looked
> slightly "rough". All it did was reduce the picture quality on the sites
> you
> visit. It did make a difference on speed to open pages but no difference
> in
> downloading files like MP3's.
>
> Waste of time really. I believe AOL now use it on their browser called AOL
> TopSpeed.
>
>