Web Accelerator Info

TurboBand Summary

Turboband compresses WebPages and email beyond normal compression. It does this at the server and then unfolds it at your computer.
It does not work on max compressed files like mp3 or program downloads.
You can try it for a month and dump it if you don't like it.

What is TurboBand?

TurboBand Accelerated speeds up your Internet experience, by up to six times, using your existing dialup phone line and modem. You do not require any extra equipment. TurboBand allows you to surf at near DSL speed, making FASTNET the high-speed Internet solution with the convenience of dial-up. It is easy to install, runs seamlessly and doesn't alter any of your existing software. You can also control the amount of compression vs. speed gain yourself.

What gets accelerated?

TurboBand compresses the following elements of web pages in order to send the information to your computer faster:

Web pages - HTML markup and JavaScript
Graphics including JPEG and GIF images
Text
E-mail on the Web

What will not be accelerated?

Although TurboBand is able to compress many different types of online data, there are a few which cannot be accelerated:

Streaming media, audio and video files
Secure pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms
Files and attachments such as music or digital photos.

How does it work?

With traditional dialup methods, the text and graphics that make up Web pages get sent from the server to you over your phone line. Because of the large amount of data required to be sent, this process can be painfully slow. TurboBand compresses this data using a proprietary technology, and sends it over your existing dialup phone line. This compression process allows a smaller amount data to be sent – up to six times less – making the download time of your web pages and your online experience that much faster. As an added download time reducer, TurboBand stores elements of the Web sites you visit frequently so you do not have to re-download them every time you visit these sites.

TurboBand System Requirements

Dialup Internet Connection
Supported Internet Browser:
IE 5+ or Netscape Navigator 4.7 +.
Opera or Mozilla require additional configuration.
Windows OS:
Pentium PC 200MHz or better with Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP
(Mac and Linux are currently not supported).
Available Disk space: 5 MB
System Memory (RAM): 64 MB of RAM recommended