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Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less FAQ
1. Overview of Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator
2. Download and Installation Help
3. Using Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator
4. Product Details
Section 1 - Overview of Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator How does Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less claim to be 5X faster?
Web
page performance is measured by the amount of time it takes to download an
entire Web page into your browser. So, when comparing the performance
improvement delivered by Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator with an unaccelerated
Internet connection, we configure two identical computers. Both are
connected to the Internet at the same dial-up connection speed and both
have the same PC and Internet browser configuration.
Using an automated browsing measurement tool (i.e. a surfing "bot"),
both computers visit the same Web pages multiple times. In order to
eliminate variations in download speed caused by various network factors,
we take the average times for downloading the same page with and without
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator and compare the two averages in order to determine
the improvement factor for a specific Web page (example: www.amazon.com).
5X represents the high-end of the frequently measured averaged results.
If you are particularly interested in the topic of timing Web pages,
here's a link to a site that provides a stopwatch for timing page loads
and many other interesting Internet timing tools:
http://www.numion.com/Stopwatch/index.html
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top How does Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less's solution compare to DSL or
cable modem?
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less is an affordable software-only
solution designed to significantly enhance Web access over low-speed (less
than 200 kbps/second) connections. By contrast, DSL and cable modems
provide high-speed Internet connectivity using hardware solutions that
work with special telephone or cable lines.
The price for DSL or cable modem is significantly higher than Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
Accelerator. In addition to the higher price, many areas simply do not
have DSL or cable Internet service available.
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What are the privacy implications of using Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
Accelerator?
Personally-identifiable Information on
Acceleration Servers
If you have a high level understanding of how
Acceleration works you may be concerned that the Accelerator could be used
to track your browsing activities in a way that could violate your
privacy. We recognize that your privacy is very important, and therefore
we have implemented the Acceleration Service so that
personally-identifiable information cannot be easily tracked or easily
derived from data within our server infrastructure. When your Accelerator
client software connects to our infrastructure, it identifies itself using
a unique client ID. Our infrastructure has a database of client IDs that
are authorized to receive acceleration, but that database does not contain
any personally-identifiable information associated with the IDs, such as
your name, address, or email address. Further, we have designed all of our
server logging features in such a way that no single log contains a direct
record of the Web sites visited by specific clients.
Personally-identifiable information regarding browsing activities is
subject to the Privacy Policy and can be derived from information logged
only by applying special post-processing.
Accelerator
Client/Server Communication
The Accelerator client software does
not transmit any historical record of your browsing activities to our
servers other than non-user-identifiable summary timing and compression
information, and diagnostic information. Such information is used solely
for overall system performance monitoring and quality assurance.
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Section 2 - Download and Installation Help
Why can't I open the Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator installation
file after I download it?
It is possible that the file
extension ".exe" was somehow lost from the Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator
installation file. You can easily check and, if necessary, remedy this
situation. Here's how:
- First, find the installation file you downloaded. Unless you changed
the name during the installation process, search for that. Use the
Window's Start menu: Start -> Search -> For Files and Folders...
- When you find the file, select it. The full name of the file should
be visible.
- If the ".exe" extension (without quotation marks) is missing, add
it. Click on the filename and use your mouse to add the extension ".exe"
- You should be able to double-click on the file right in the Search
Results window to start the install.
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How long will it take to download Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
Accelerator?
Depending on the speed of your modem and the
processing speed of your computer, downloading will take between 5-10
minutes. For example, a modem operating at 48kbps (kilobits per second)
will download Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator in about 5 minutes using a
recent-vintage computer. Running the install on your computer takes a
minute or less.
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Where Can I Download The Dial-Up Accelerator?
Click on the link below to download the accelerator:
DIALUP 4 LESS ACCELERATOR
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Section 3 - Using Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator
Is Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator installed, active, and enabled
on your computer?
If Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator is installed and
active on your computer a small accelerator icon will appear in the
Windows taskbar area (near the system clock). If the Accelerator is active
while you are surfing the Internet, the accelerator icon will constantly
change images. Try accessing a Web site and you should see the icon
flashing as web pages load. If you are able to surf the Internet but do
not see the icon changing, there are several possibilities:
- You are accessing a Web site or other content that Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
Accelerator does not speed up. If you are not sure what content can be
accelerated, Click
Here for details on what Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator does and does not
accelerate.
- Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator is currently disabled on your computer. If you
see red lines around and over the icon, it means that the Accelerator is
disabled.
- Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator or other software on your system may require
special configuration. To review the list of currently incompatible
software or software that may require special handling, Click
Here.
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How do I change the image quality setting for all
images?
Right-click on the Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator taskbar icon and select
"Settings". Select the "Image Quality" tab. Adjust the slider
bar to the desired image quality settings. Press OK to save the
changes.
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How do I start Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator?
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time Windows
starts. You do not have to launch it manually.
A Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator icon appears in the Windows system tray to
show that it is operating in the background.
If the program was terminated, you can start it up by going to your
"Start Menu" "Program Files" "Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less" and selecting the program from
there.
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How do I turn off the Pop-up Blocker?
Click on the accelerator icon in the taskbar, click on Pop-Up and
disable it. If you are going to websites that you need the windows
to pop-up, you could add them to the white list so you won't need to
disable the pop-up blocker every time you go there.
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How do I uninstall Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator?
Open the "Start Menu". Open "Settings". Open "Control
Panels". Finally open "Add/Remove Programs". Look for the
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less client and remove it from there.
IMPORTANT: If you are using a browser other than Internet Explorer or
Netscape with Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less, you will need to manually reconfigure the proxy
settings for the respective browser after uninstalling or stopping
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator in order to continue using the Internet. See below
for further details.
Restoring a Browser's Proxy Address and
Port Number
If you are using a browser besides Internet Explorer or
Netscape when you stop or uninstall Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator you will need to
reset proxy settings to their original values (or no values). Until you do
this, you will likely not be able to access the Internet. Consult
your browser's documentation for information on how this could be
done.
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How do I see the original graphic quality of specific
image or Web page?
If you are using Internet Explorer,
simply move your mouse over an image on a Web page and click the right
mouse button. You'll see that two new options are
available:
Refresh Page with Full Quality.
Refresh Picture with
Full Quality. When your mouse is over a graphic.
If you select one
of these options, Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator will replace the compressed
graphic image with an original quality version. When the icon stops
changing, the new image is in place.
Note: When you first install
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator, it is necessary to close and then restart IE in
order to have the Refresh Page and Refresh Picture right-click menu
options available.
These menu options are not available in
Netscape, Opera or Mozilla. Please follow these steps.
1. Click on the
Accelerator icon located near your system clock. Go to Options and adjust
the Graphics Acceleration Level completely to the right (original quality)
and click OK.
2. Hold down the Ctrl key and select R OR Select
Reload from the View menu. The compressed graphic image will be replaced
with an original quality version.
3. Repeat step one and adjust the
Graphics Acceleration Level back to its setting.
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Section 4 - Product Details How do I use other
browsers with my Web Accelerator?
Netscape Navigator is automatically configured to use the Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
Accelerator. Use Netscape as you normally would.
For other browsers such as Opera and Mozilla, Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator
works with any web browser that allows you to specify an HTTP proxy.
You must set the HTTP proxy host to be "127.0.0.1" and the port number to
be the local listening port of the Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Client (5400 by
default). Consult your browser's documentation for information on
how this can be done.
What types of Web content does Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
accelerate?
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator significantly 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.
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less also accelerates email traffic (POP3 and SMTP) using lossless
compression.
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less does NOT speed up file downloads (over FTP or file sharing
programs), streaming audio/video and HTTPS (secure web sites).
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Are ad blockers, popup stoppers, personal firewalls and
other utilities compatible with Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
Accelerator?
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less is compatible with most ad blockers,
popup stoppers, personal firewalls, and other utilities. In some cases,
minor configuration either of Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less or other products is needed.
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Does Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator speed up email
access?
Yes, Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less automatically accelerates your email traffic (POP3 and
SMTP) for all popular email clients such as Eudora, Outlook, Outlook
Express and Netscape Mail. Other email clients should work
transparently as well.
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What are the system requirements for Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less
Accelerator?
System Requirements
Below, please find the suggested and minimum system requirements beyond
the basics of an analog modem, a telephone line, and an active Internet
connection.
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator can be installed on any of the following
operating systems:
- Windows 95b w/ Windsock2
- Windows 98
- Windows 98SE
- Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME)
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows 2003
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Macintosh OS 10.3 or greater
Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator requires at least Internet Explorer 4.0 and
Netscape 4.0 or any later version of either browser.
Note that the Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Email Acceleration component requires Windows
98 and above, and that the Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Pop-up Blocker component requires
Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.
Newer versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer are available free of
charge through Microsoft.
For Windows 95 users: Currently, Microsoft does not permit
Windows 95 users to install Internet Explorer 6 or greater, however,
Internet Explorer 5.5 is available.
The recommended system requirements for Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator are a
Pentium 200MHz with 64MB of RAM and at least 5MB of hard-disk space.
Internet connection line speed in Kbps (kilobits/second)
Minimum:
14.4 Kbps
Maximum: 200 Kbps
Regardless, Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Web Accelerator will work within your current
system configuration to provide you with the best content
acceleration.
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I travel. Does Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator work
anywhere I use my PC?
Yes. If you are accessing the Internet through a dial-up connection in
the U.S. and Canada and your system conforms to Hi-Speed DialUp 4 Less Accelerator
system requirements you should be able to get an accelerated Internet
experience.
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