On Tuesday 07 October 2003 12:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All the discussion regarding DSL got me wondering > about alternatives. I'm sure most of you have seen > the NetZero ads claiming speeds 5x Dial-up. I'm > curious if anyone has any experience with this - > i.e. is it real or just some clever caching scheme?;
I was investigating low-cost ISPs for my ex a few months ago and looked into this. It's phony. They're claiming that a combination of data compression and browser cacheing yields a throughput of 5x the normal rate. Yeah, right, as if the rest of us don't already have data-compressing modems and many megs of browser cache. > is it OS-independant?; no. 'doze only. Not even offered for Mac. > is there special hardware > needed? It's a plain old dial-up connection with an adware-crippled browser. > At ~$15/month it would a pretty good deal > if its true. Not really... not when you can get dialup from Peak in Corvallis (peak.org) for $18 a month. And unlike most ISPs (*cough*quest*cough), they actually know what they're doing. Ken _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
