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mailliw

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My provider is offering a level 3 accelerator. Says I will need a V.92 modem, says I will have faster uploads, better compression, quick connect all around increase in internet speed. what I need to know is there truly anyway to speed up dial-up service?
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mailliw
 
i've got a 56k modem and tried every single speed up program with v.90 and v.92 and nothing... which really sucks:mad:
 
mailliw said:
My provider is offering a level 3 accelerator. Says I will need a V.92 modem, says I will have faster uploads, better compression, quick connect all around increase in internet speed. what I need to know is there truly anyway to speed up dial-up service?
Thanks
mailliw
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its merely impossible.. but dont you have to pay for that service accelertor anyway? or is it free.. if its free.. just give it a try.. wouldn't hurt.. if u have to pay.. y not just upgrade to broadband
 
Use Firefox. It can be configured for 56K connections and will allow a much faster web browsing experience than IE. MY GF had it and loved it compared to IE when she had 56K.
 
i don't think it's possible to increase the speed of 56k modem, if i'm wrong PLEASE correct me, man i would die (of happiness) to see someone telling me how to increase the speed of 56k, it's so SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
 
filip-matijevic said:
i don't think it's possible to increase the speed of 56k modem, if i'm wrong PLEASE correct me, man i would die (of happiness) to see someone telling me how to increase the speed of 56k, it's so SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
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you cant increase the actual speed...but with Firefox and a little tweaking you can browse the web comparable to ~300K DSL.
 
4W4K3 said:
you cant increase the actual speed...but with Firefox and a little tweaking you can browse the web comparable to ~300K DSL.
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i've just installed firefox and can't find option about 56k connections, do you have firefox so that you can show me where it is?
 
filip-matijevic said:
i've just installed firefox and can't find option about 56k connections, do you have firefox so that you can show me where it is?
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yup

type "about:config" in the address bar. this brings you to the tweaking page. it's pretty simple from there...

1. Type "about:config" in the adress field.
2. Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".
3. Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".
4. Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"
5. Set the value of nglayout.initialpaint.delay to "0

OR

you can install FIRETUNE and it will do it for you. select "slow connection/fast computer" (providing your PC is fast lol) and it will do all that for you.

EDIT: dont even try the first step. its pointless. jsut use firetune.
 
k thx, gonna try this hope it works

i think it loads the pages faster:D
 
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it should i sat there and manually tuned my girl's firefox though...so im not sure if firetune will do what i did.

if you dont notice a difference i can give you manual instructions on how to do it.
 
yes its impossible to increase the actual speed of dialup. its ridiculous how these dialup compans advertise their "accelerators" promising 15x increase speed of regular dialup... when all those "accelerators" merely do is downgrade the image qualitys for a quicker download... Even more silly considering those "accelerated" dialups cost just as much as my dsl
 
all the accelerators do is compress the text and images on a webpage, and it makes it worse quality. The highest compression simply compresses the text/images and doesnt load audio/video. Its not worth it if you need to pay extra.

and you dont get faster download/upload speeds, only maybe 0.5kbps or something.
 
tweaker said:
woah I would like to see that
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lol, well get 56K and a DSL line ~300Kbps. Tweak the 56K on Firefox, and use IE with the DSL...it should be about the same. Pages loaded lots faster after tweaking when i did it, but if you put in the wrong #'s it can actually make it slower too. :-/
 
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