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Old 02-Apr-2006, 12:25
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ONSPEED - anyone used this?
Recently saw an ad for a product called Onspeed which "claims" to improve broadband and dial-up speeds. They claim to have increased a 1Mb connection to 5Mb using "advanced compression technology".

As it's only 20 quid or so a year, I thought it would be worth a go, but can this really work, and if so why aren't ISP using the technology?

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Old 02-Apr-2006, 12:32
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I think I saw some write up in PC Pro that evaluated it - they came to the conclusion that it worked reasonably well for some sites and lower speed connections. I can't see it really being an issue if you have a 1MB/s connection - most of the delays will be down to other web servers.
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Old 02-Apr-2006, 14:10
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Is it one of those things that just caches your most frequently visited web sites?

Sounds like snake oil to me!
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Old 02-Apr-2006, 20:40
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A bloke at work signed up for it,.....he reckons he cant tell any differance.
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Old 02-Apr-2006, 20:40
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I had it on trial offer Yeti. I can't say that I noticed a great difference. It was quicker but by how much is still not a lot when you're on dial up
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