Faster internet connection

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
20/09/2009 16:53

As well as using my ISP I have been using Onspeed, take a look at their website:-



wwww.onspeed.com



It really does work, I have been using it for years.

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
28/09/2009 12:16

Has anyone else tried this???????????

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
28/09/2009 12:45

RE msg 1, lovingcyprus: "The onspeed software: technically what it does, rather than speeding up your connection, is decrease the amount of info you need to download - you are using compression software. The quality of the pictures you see (download) is sometimes very bad, but that is the price you pay."

More here: http://portal.onspeed.com/?rf=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onspeed.com%2Findex.php

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
28/09/2009 12:53

Addition: Pics and graphics on the Internet are usually of the .jpg and .gif format. They are already compressed and any more compression (onspeed) will unavoidable lead to a loss of more quality.



(JPEG Definition: Joint Pictures Expert Group. The committee which set standards for a file format for graphics. The JPEG file format is a compressed format, with some loss of quality during compression. A popular web format due to the small size of pictures (generally). File formats of .jpg, .jpeg, and .jpe.).

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
28/09/2009 22:02

By compressing the amount of data that is downloaded it obviously speeds things up does it not.



One would normally use Onspeed with a dial up connections or any other slow connections. It really does speed things up by quite a degree, I say this from experience