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FAQ:
What is I-accelerator?
How does it work?
How fast is it?
What does it cost?
Block Advertisements?
Will it work on my PC?
What is I-accelerator?
It's one of the leading Web Accelerators on the market!
If you surf the Internet using a dial-up connection, you are painfully aware of how slow Web pages load. I-accelerator is a subscription-based service that works with your existing dial-up connection, allowing you to dramatically increase your surfing speed. Pages that previously took almost 30 seconds to load, can now be viewed in less than 7 seconds, on average, and sometimes even faster.
I-accelerator is the next best thing to DSL, at a fraction of the price. Unlike costly and limited-availability broadband solutions, I-accelerator is:
Available anywhere there is a telephone line.
Requires NO new hardware.
Is easy to install -- a few clicks will download it to your PC!
Works seamlessly with your existing dial-up connection.
Costs just pennies a day and gives you accelerated access to all your favorite Web sites.
How does it work?
I-accelerator is designed to provide maximum acceleration for the Web sites you visit regularly.
So, the more you surf, the faster your favorite pages will load!
Specifically, I-accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages four ways:
Compression.
I-accelerator delivers text and graphics more efficiently, using a proprietary compression technology that significantly reduces the size of Web pages and page elements sent to your browser.
Caching.
I-accelerator improves upon your browser's caching ability. I-accelerator intelligently retains and reuses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your PC. That's why the longer I-accelerator is in use on your PC, the faster your Web pages will load.
Persistent Connections.
I-accelerator uses proprietary techniques to carefully manage and optimize the communication between your modem and our network of servers through a persistent connection. This eliminates the time wasted re-establishing and closing TCP/IP connections.
How fast is it?
Performance Boost
With I-accelerator, Web pages load an average of 3 to 5 times faster. The more regularly you visit specific Web sites, the better the performance you will receive.
Here is an example of tests we ran with and without I-accelerator.
Popular Web Sites |
*Before I-accelerator |
*With I-accelerator |
How much Faster
with I-accelerator? |
Ebay |
11.65 Seconds |
2.97 Seconds |
3.92 X Faster |
USA Today |
32.43 Seconds |
3.77 Seconds |
8.60 X Faster |
Mapquest.com |
30.56 Seconds |
5.01 Seconds |
6.10 X Faster |
Monster.com |
11.74 Seconds |
3.04 Seconds |
3.86 X Faster |
CNN |
11.68 Seconds |
2.26 Seconds |
5.17 X Faster |
*Average time calculated based on loading the home page. First time visit to a Web page loads on average 2 times faster. Subsequent visits to the page load, on average,
3 times faster.
What Gets Accelerated
Most Web content will be accelerated, but there are certain exceptions:
| What will be accelerated |
What will *not* be accelerated |
| All text - HTML, markup, and javascript |
Streaming media, and audio and video files |
| Most graphics & photos - including jpeg and gif images |
Secure pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms and pages accessed over VPN |
| Most banner ads - including animated gif images and Macromedia Flash content |
Files downloaded outside your browser using ftp |
| All browser-based emails |
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| MP3 files, executables & other files - when downloaded from within your web browser (depending on the quality of your connection). |
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What does it cost?
I-accelerator is a service. Just as you pay a monthly subscription fee for internet service, you pay a small acceleration fee to speed up your dial-up connection by up to 5 times.
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Regular Price |
Cost Per Day |
Monthly
or
Yearly |
$2.00/month |
6.9 cents per day! |
Block Advertisements
Pop-up windows
I-accelerator can block pop-up and pop-under windows that clutter your screen and slow down your surfing. You'll hear a noise and/or see an icon each time a pop-up has been blocked. It's easy to see a pop-up that was blocked, to allow some pop-ups to always be shown and to turn the feature on and off.
In-page ads
I-accelerator can block most advertisements that appear on web pages. When an ad is blocked, it is replaced with a light gray box on the web page, to make sure that web pages maintain their intended design. You can easily view blocked ads by right clicking on the gray box. As with pop-up blocking, you can turn this feature on and off any time you like.
Will I-accelerator work on my PC?
I-accelerator has been through rigorous third-party testing* to ensure that:
It runs on most Microsoft® Windows™-based PC systems, including virtually any PC purchased within the last 4 years
It does not in any way interfere with other software or applications that you use
Please check the requirements below to make sure your PC will work successfully with I-accelerator!
Computer must have:
Windows 98 or higher
25 MB disk space free (135 MB Recommended)
32 MB system memory (64 MB Recommended)
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