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Dial-Up Accelerator

What is Ontera's Dial-up Accelerator?
What other features does High Speed Dial-up include?
What types of content does High Speed Dial-up accelerate?
What browsers can I use with High Speed Dial-up?
Does it speed up e-mail?
What operating systems or platforms are supported?
How much does it cost?
Where can I get the software?

What is Ontera's Dial-up Accelerator?

Ontera’s High Speed Dial-up accelerates certain text and graphics on web pages. You will notice a significantly faster experience when you visit web sites, send and receive your e-mail, and perform many other Web-based activities.

The High Speed Dial-up client will not currently accelerate file downloads such as music files, or streaming video or audio media.

The client is a separate program that automatically runs whenever you connect to the internet. It uses Ontera's super fast proxy server to download and compress content before sending it to your local PC. This effectively decreases the amount of traffic your modem has to download which speeds up browsing.

What other features does High Speed Dial-up include?

The following value-added services are included:

  • Pop-Up Blocker - block annoying pop-up advertisements while surfing!
  • Banner-Ad Blocking - stop the ads and surf faster!
  • Integrated Diagnostic Support Tool
What types of content does High Speed Dial-up accelerate?

High Speed Dial-up speeds up web page access. To achieve this speed up, proprietary lossless compression is applied to text, html, xml, javascript and style sheets. Proprietary image compression is applied to gif images, jpeg images, and Flash content.

What browsers can I use with High Speed Dial-up?

Any browser. The client is loaded independent of the browser and automatically when you connect to Ontera.

Does it speed up e-mail?

Yes!

High Speed Dial-up can reduce the amount of time it takes to send and receive email. High Speed Dial-up accelerates email transparently without any user intervention, so you can use your mail program exactly as you normally would. It is compatible with any POP3/SMTP client, including Outlook Express, Eudora and Netscape Mail.

 

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What operating systems or platforms are supported?

Windows Operating Systems & Requirements:

  • Windows 95b w/Winsock2
  • Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
  • Windows NT 4.0
  • Pentium 200mhz (or equivalent)
  • 64 MB of RAM
  • 5MB of hard drive space

Macintosh Operating System & Requirements:

  • OS X 10.2 or later
  • PowerPC G3 processor
  • 333mhz or faster
  • 128 MB of RAM
  • 6MB of hard drive space

 

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How much does it cost?

Ontera's High Speed Dial-up service is available for $2.95 a month. This package can be added to any of our dial-up packages.

 

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Where can I get the software?

Please call Customer Service in order to activate your account for High Speed Dial-up.

 

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