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Old 26-08-2004, 14:36   #27
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Re: Recommend me a good dial-up ISP

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Originally Posted by Paul
Just did a google group search for that product and there are a few negative comments about it. Things like Lag due to the page being compressed by the onspeed servers before it gets sent to you. The fact that they can monitor/ track every site/ page you visit etc. I suppose everything has it's pro's and cons though.
Also it can only compress "compressable" data... seems obvious really doesn't it, but when you consider that compression is more and more widely used, even within browsers, you start to see that it's effects are fairly limited.

Fair enough, if you are an average joe surfing for gardening tips from your AOL connection it might make a difference, but would someone like that really be bothered?
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