If you really check into it, it is a data compression deal. Much like zipping up the data with winzip before it crosses the data layer. I really do not see how it can help with broadband in any sense. I used to use the same type deals on dial-up.
Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "David E. Smith" <d...@mvn.net> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:56:22 -0600 >On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 13:45, Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com>wrote: > >> OK, this looks interesting. It would be nice to drop the amount of data >> across especially busy parts of the network! >> >> Anyone else used this or something similar? >> > >This looks a lot like the dialup accelerator software packages that were all >the rage several years ago. I'd just about bet Propel's service requires >software to be installed on the customer's PC. Assuming that's the case, you >won't be able to install it on a Netflix box or a PS3 or basically anything >that's not a standard desktop computer. Thus, depending on your customer >base, you may not see all that much traffic reduction. > >We have something similar, from another vendor. It works well enough, though >we were marketing it primarily towards dialup users; at the time (several >years ago) the effects on a 1Mbps connection were negligible. This probably >has changed over time, but our vendor wanted a crazy amount of money to sell >us an update that would be compatible with Windows Vista, so we haven't >really tested it in quite a while. > >David Smith >MVN.net > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
