Datastar Accelerator
DIALUP for up to 5x Faster!!!!!
What is Datastar Accelerator?
It’s the fastest Web Accelerator on the market!
If you surf the Internet using a low-speed Internet connection, you are painfully aware of how slow Web pages load. Datastar Accelerator allows 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.
Datastar Accelerator is:
- Available to anyone. Requires NO new hardware. Is easy to install — a few clicks will download it to your computer!
- Costs just pennies a day and gives you accelerated access to all your favorite Web sites.
How Fast is It?
- Datastar Accelerator 5 Advanced Image Compression delivers faster acceleration. Clearer and crisper graphics so you’ll see even sharper images of the faster-delivered graphic.
- Enhanced text compression, providing smaller, faster, "lossless"
What is lossless?
lossless = reconstructed exactly from the compressed data; the same as the original
compression of text and delivering additional acceleration.
With Datastar Accelerator, Web pages load up to 5 times faster. The more you visit specific Web sites, the better the performance you will receive.
Here is an example of tests we ran with and without Datastar Accelerator:
Popular Web Sites |
*Before Accelerator |
*With Accelerator |
How much Faster
with 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! |
What Gets Accelerated?
Most Web content will be accelerated, but there are certain exceptions:
What will be accelerated |
What stays the same |
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All text - HTML, markup, and javascript |
Secure pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms and pages accessed over VPN.
Why this is actually a good thing.
Why doesn't Datastar accelerate HTTPS?
Technically, to accelerate HTTPS it would have to be circumvented by actively breaking the protocols in use and spoofing the desired destination site. However, doing this would create a break in the security of the HTTPS protocol, potentially allowing the logging and clear text visibility of the user's private data, such as credit card numbers, PIN codes, and bank access information. Datastar Accelerator does not accelerate HTTPS traffic because this level of security risk would be unacceptable to our end users. |
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Most graphics & photos - including jpeg and gif images |
Streaming media, and audio and video files
Why not compress streaming media?
Datastar accelerator does not compress streaming media because video files and audio files delivered in the streaming format have already been compressed to the extent possible. To attempt further compression would degrade the streaming media past an acceptable level. |
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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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POP3 and IMAP protocol emails and attachments |
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Outgoing SMTP email - especially acceleration of large messages with pictures or attachments including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files |
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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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Microsoft Windows |
| Version: |
5.0 |
| File size: |
2.4 MB |
Compatibility
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Microsoft Windows |
| Platforms: |
Windows 98/NT 4.0/2000/ME/XP |
| Connections: |
Any low-speed Internet connection, including dial-up, ISDN, iDSL, DSL (under 400Kbps), and wireless.
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| Browsers: |
Internet Explorer 5.0 and later; Netscape 4.7 and later. Other browsers supported with additional configuration include Opera, Mozilla and Firefox |
System Requirements
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Microsoft Windows |
| Available Disk space: |
25 MB
(135 MB recommended) |
| Total System memory (RAM): |
32 MB
(64 MB highly recommended) |
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