On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:07:42 GMT, Brad wrote:


Hi,

How does an "accelerator" work for dial-up connections to make
transfers faster?

For the most part, they don't. They can route data through a proxy and keep
a cache of frequently requested pages on your system. They can incorporate
data compression to reduce the size of the data transfered.

The idea getting five-fold speed improvements is pure fantasy.

They're typically good for 5-15%.