Dial up speed to match broadband?

[Eneukman 1]

In today's Sunday Express, there was an advert form a company. OnSpeed that claims to be able to provide you with a piece of software that will speed up considerably the time it takes to open web-sites etc. They charge £24.99 per annum. Has anyone tried them and if so what are your experiences?

 

I'm tempted to give them a try and if it's useless then I'll just write off the £25 charge.

 

Alan

[eltilza 0]

Onspeed

 

they give you software to load on your pc

it configures your computer to use their portal site

 

basically all your requests to view pages go to their servers they are comparitively fast they retrieve the sites zip the whole thing up and send it down the phone line at 56k to your pc which uses the supplied software to unzip the site

 

it only works in the uk at present i think

 

you still need to pay another isp for access either payg or monthly so there are no real cost savings

 

i looked at it before bt enabled all of northern ireland for broadband they signed up with cheapeat uncapped provider

 

I would personally wait for broadband either phone or sat based onspeed might be a bit of a disappointment

 

how far are you from an exchange ?

[Eneukman 1]

Thanks eltilza,

 

Broadband is available where I stay but as I use AOL for accessing the internet I can only use their broadband service if I have a BT telephone line. Unfortunately, my telephone service is provided by Telewest and as AOL and Telewest won't talk to each other, I'm snookered.

 

I've just had a quick look at OnSpeed's web site and they claim that it will work with any internet connection in any country.

 

I'll report further on it later in the week or next week once I've had a chance to test it.

 

Alan

[jambo 0]

Thanks eltilza,

 

Broadband is available where I stay but as I use AOL for accessing the internet

Alan,

 

I am looking at the ONSPEED advertisment in Windows XP magazine. In tiny letters at the bottom it states "Software not compatible with AOL browsers."

 

Danny

[Eneukman 1]

Danny,

 

I've just looked at the ad in the Sunday Express and in tiny writing it says "works with AOL when using an alternative internet browser". I wonder therefore if I sign on to the internet using AOL and then use Internet Explorer, would that work?

 

I don't know which company is more incompetent, AOL or Telewest.

 

Alan