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QUESTION
1:
How
fast is Club Plus dial-up connection? |
ANSWER: Club Plus
Web Accelerator will help you access Web pages up to
7 times more quickly than with a regular dialup connection.
Web Accelerator uses a compression algorithm that enables
you to transfer up to 7 times more information using
the same bandwidth. That’s why we’ve named
our Internet access connection: Web Accelerator.
Various factors
beyond Club Plus control can
alter your connection speed, such as type of modem and
quality of your telephone line and computer.
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QUESTION
2:
What
is the Web Accelerator Internet
service?
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ANSWER: The
Web Accelerator Internet service is a superior software
application that enhances your Internet experience.
- Compared
with regular dialup access, it allows you to accelerate
up to 7 times your navigation speed and e-mail access.
The
service does not affect the transfer or downloading
of files or the streaming of films and music.
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QUESTION
3:
Will Web Accelerator speed
up everything I do on the web?
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ANSWER: Web
Accelerator accelerates certain texts and graphics
on Web pages. With Web Accelerator
you will notice a significantly faster experience when
you visit Web sites and send or receive e-mail.
Web Accelerator will not accelerate file downloads such
as music files, or streaming video or audio media.
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QUESTION
4:
How
fast is Web Accelerator?
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ANSWER: Web
Accelerator can be up to five times faster. The exact
amount of acceleration can vary, but with Web Accelerator,
you will notice a significantly faster experience when
you visit web sites and send or receive e-mail.
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QUESTION
5:
What
other features does Web Accelerator include?
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ANSWER: Web
Accelerator offers the following value-added service
in addition to speeding
up your Web and e-mail usage:
- Pop-Up
Blocker - block annoying pop-up advertisements while
surfing!
- Banner-Ad
Blocking - Stop the ads and surf faster!
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QUESTION
6:
How
does Web Accelerator work?
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ANSWER: Web
Accelerator accelerates your Internet access through
proprietary text and image compression.
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QUESTION
7:
Will
I benefit from using Web Accelerator?
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ANSWER: If
you have a slow Internet connection (such as a dial-up
or wireless connection) with bandwidth of less than
300Kbps, you will experience a significant degree of
acceleration using Web Accelerator.
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QUESTION
8:
What
types of content does Web Accelerator speed
up?
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ANSWER: Web
Accelerator significantly speeds up web page access.
To achieve this speed up,
proprietary lossless compression is applied to text,
html, xml, javascript and style sheets. Proprietary
image compression is applied to gif images, jpeg images
and Flash content.
- Web
Accelerator also accelerates e-mail traffic (POP3
and SMTP).
- Web
Accelerator does NOT speed up file downloads (over
FTP or file
sharing programs), streaming audio/video and
HTTPS (secure web sites).
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9:
Can
I use Web Accelerator with
Firefox?
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ANSWER: Start
Firefox and browse as you normally would.
Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time
your start your computer. It operates in the background
to accelerate your web connection. No user intervention
is required.
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QUESTION
10:
Can
I use Web Accelerator with
other browsers such as Opera?
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ANSWER: Yes.
Web Accelerator works with any web browser that allows
you to specify an HTTP proxy. You must set the HTTP
proxy host to be localhost or 127.0.0.1 and the port
number to be 5400.
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QUESTION
11:
How
do I use Internet Explorer with Web Accelerator?
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ANSWER: Start
Internet Explorer and browse as you normally would.
Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time
you start your computer. It operates in the background
to accelerate your web connection. No user intervention
is required.
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QUESTION
12:
Does Web Accelerator speed
up email?
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ANSWER: Yes.
Web Accelerator can reduce the amount of time it takes
to send and receive email. Web Accelerator accelerates
e-mail transparently without any user intervention,
so you can use your mail program exactly as you normally
would. It is compatible with any POP3/SMTP client,
including Outlook Express, Eudora, Pegasus, Opera Mail,
Mozilla Mail, and Netscape Mail.
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QUESTION
13:
Does Web Accelerator speed
up my secure (HTTPS) transactions such as my
web-banking?
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ANSWER: Web Accelerator does not accelerate secure transactions. Secure web sites will continue to work by bypassing the acceleration component.
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QUESTION
14:
What
operating systems or platforms can Web Accelerator be
installed on?
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ANSWER:
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Windows
Operating Systems:
- Windows
95b with Winsock2
- Windows
98
- Windows
98SE
- Windows
Millennium Edition (Windows ME)
- Windows
NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
- Windows
2000
- Windows
XP
Web
Browser:
- Internet
Explorer 5.0 (or later)
- Netscape
6.0 (or later)
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Macintosh
Operating System:
Web
Browser:
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QUESTION
15:
Where
can I download the software Web Accelerator?
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ANSWER:
You have to signup first, before you can use the service
Signup now! on line or call us (514) 990-6753 1-877-901-2582
For maximum access speed, download and install Web Accelerator.
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