Jpegs and pngs are another area that they compress. You can re-compress these images quite a bit. They look uglier, but it saves quite a bit of the size. Is it worth it? I'm not too excited.
Randy On 3/8/2010 11:18 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > Almost all HTTP content is gzip'ed already. I doubt any compression > above that is going to be worth the CPU time cost. > > Even if the software was free, who would support the people who are > terrified to install anything at all? > > On 3/9/10, Scottie Arnett<sarn...@info-ed.com> wrote: > >> 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/ >> >> > > -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc 435-674-0165 x 2010 http://www.infowest.com/ "Letting off steam always produces more heat than light." - Neal A. Maxwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
