OnSpeed – speeding up the web

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I’ve been looking at a piece of software that claims to speed up browsing significantly (5x) particularly for those, like me, that still use dial up.

There is no free trial so its dosh on the counter.

Has anyone any experience of this product and whether it does what it claims? Any other software that does this trick?

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There’s a review by Jack Schofield of the Guardian. For some things it was faster, but only about 1

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Just remember whatever increase you get is for browsing only. Not for downloading files, uploading files, receiving or sending e-mail.

Joe

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So that’s another pot of gold at the end of a rainbow that’s gone awol.

Thanks for the advice, its saved me a few quid.

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As long as you realize what you are getting for the money you spend it may not be too bad. Although, the increase that John Gray mentioned did not seem sufficient enough to me to justify the additional expense.

Joe

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I wonder if they could increase my speed by one and a half?

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Al

You only put that in to make the rest of us, on T1 speeds and below, jealous…!

John

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Nice, Al!

Could you post the link you used to obtain your speed? Or is it proprietary to your ISP?

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Sorry about that, Mark. I don’t know what got into me. The link I found when I first changed to cable is: Broadband Reports. Thanks too, Dave. Nice to know there’s more than one place, although they both look exactly alike.

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UK loungers who want to do a speed check to a UK end point can try http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp%5B/url%5D

StuartR

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Thanks Stuart – but Loungers note: This is not limited to UK surfers, everyone can participate:
Up ——> 208 Kbps
Down –>1212 Kbps

No wonder they call it ADSL

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No problem, Al. I’ve used several different tests in the past, but this one appears to be more detailed than the others (such as McAfee’s Speedometer).

Here is my result:

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(Edited by DaveA on 09-Oct-04 07:44. Updated image, with Saturday AM speed)

http://www.dslreports.com/stest%5B/url%5D

Following is with 5 machines connected through Comcast modem and NetGear router, two of which are connected wireless by a access point box.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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OK. What do you guys have that’s so quick? My DSL is too slow.

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In my case, CABLE, powered by Insight Communications.

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Cable here ( COgeco), usually in the high 3000s. Try this (http://www.dslreports.com/archive) snapshot of what else is out there

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Mine is cable with ComCast in the greater Bellevue area.
Some ComCast areas run at different speeds, here seems to run faster that the Seattle network.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Joe,

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Not for …, receiving or sending e-mail.

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but their web site explicitly states:
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which includes the downloading of emails by up to 10 times.

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I’ll take their x10 claim with an (un)healthy dose of salt but can you explain more about what you mean? A friend of mine has just paid for onspeed and he claims to have downloaded emails with attachments in around 15 secs compared to over a minute without onspeed.

stuck

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There is no free trial so its dosh on the counter.

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The link below says it’s a free trial for onspeed, haven’t tried it yet myself as I’ve only just found it:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/downloads/0,390244…9076722s,00.htm%5B/url%5D

stuck

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Many of the speed up ‘services’ just compress web pages and not anything else. Sounds like these guys are compressing other stuff too. This may be fine but I’d only consider it if I could not get broadband. You may want to read Onspeed FAQ to see what they say about their service.

Joe

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Thanks,

I’ve been around long enough to realise if it sounds too good to be true is probably is and the OnSpeed web site sounds too good to be true hence my quest for opinions from the Lounge, they carry much more weight in my book. I Googled for reviews of OnSpeed and found quite a few from supposedly different people. Funny thing was though, they all seemed to use the exact same phrases.

My home usage of the net is minimal. If I were to get broadband (due in my village next March) my costs would go from about

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I understand the economics. Depends on the speed you’d actually get from broadband. I just don’t like adding more software with its overhead for decompressing things. Also, you need to be concerned about compatibility with other software, servcies, and web sites. However, the machines are caled PERSONAL computers for a reason. You have to go with what you is best for your situation.

Joe

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