Thanks for this link, Tom. I consult with small public libraries in northern Ontario and just forwarded this link to one librarian who was complaining bitterly about the painfully slow downloading speed on her library's only dial-up access computer. High speed access is available in her community - just no extra money to provide this access at the library.
Marjatta Asu Ontario Library Service - North Sudbury, On Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lord Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Loband: web acceleration tool for low bandwidth environments Hi all, This has previously been posted on the discussion boards but they seem to be very slow moving - so apologies if you've already read it. As detailed below, we've recently released a new version of our low-bandwidth web acceleration tool Loband, which we think will be a valuable contribution to efforts to bridge the digital divide. We're very keen to get feedback, especially from people working on ICT for development programs in low-bandwidth environments. Hope it's of interest. regards, Tom. ---------- Loband is a free service, designed specifically to improve access to online information over slow connections. The newest version of the Loband service is now accessible at http://www.loband.org . It can reduce the time it takes for a web page to load by up to 10 times, making Internet access easier and less expensive in low bandwidth environments. The service has been designed for simplicity - users simply go to http://www.loband.org and type in the address of the desired page. Loband will then present a simplified version of that page. Loband works by removing unnecessary adverts and graphics while retaining the text, links and layout of the site. The original page or individual images can be viewed at any time if desired. The latest version of Loband supports more websites than ever before, including those featuring international character sets. The service has been developed as an open source project by Aidworld (http://www.aidworld.org), an NGO specialising in the field of ICT for Development. Aidworld would very much welcome comments and feedback to further improve this service. You can contact us directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . ------------ Tom Lord Software Engineer Aidworld [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
