Onspeed with broadband
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Onspeed with broadband
I installed Onspeed when I was using dial up and found it did improve access speeds considerably. I have now moved on to 1Mb/s broadband. Does Onspeed make any difference or should I uninstall it?
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If you plan to never use dialup again, I would disable it.
1) Onspeed.com's server caps the data rate to about 300k bits/sec (my estimate)
2) Their compression software reads ahead quite a bit (has to, for effective compression) so there are long gaps in the data. On dial-up or GPRS these aren't that visible but they are very visible on ADSL.
1) Onspeed.com's server caps the data rate to about 300k bits/sec (my estimate)
2) Their compression software reads ahead quite a bit (has to, for effective compression) so there are long gaps in the data. On dial-up or GPRS these aren't that visible but they are very visible on ADSL.
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From: UK
Thanks for that info. I have actually removed my dial up modem so there's no chance I shall be using dial up. May as well get rid of Onspeed as it seems to cause problems when it occasionally fails to be connected.
