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  SlipStream Accelerator & Pop-Up Blocker    SlipStream Accelerator is a client / server compression technology that works with any Internet dialup connection. It offers a dramatic increase in web surfing and email speeds by as much as 5X or more! No other accelerator product is faster. See how it compares. Pages that previously took 30 seconds to load, can now be viewed in less than 7 seconds with any average dial-up modem connection! SlipStream Accelerator is the next best thing to DSL or cable, at a fraction of the price. Unlike costly and limited-availability broadband solutions, SlipStream Accelerator is: Available anywhere there is a normal voice grade telephone line.   Requires No New Hardware - works with your existing modem. Easy To Use - just install a small software client on your PC. Available Anywhere - where ever there is a normal telephone line  Inexpensive Alternative - great low cost alternative to DSL or Cable How does it work? SlipStream 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. Slipstream Accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages three ways: * Compression. SlipStream 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. SlipStream Accelerator improves upon your browser's caching ability. Slipstream intelligently retains and reuses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your PC. That's why the longer Slipstream Accelerator is in use on your PC, the faster your Web pages will load. * Persistent Connections. SlipStream 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.  * Pop-Up Blocker.  SlipStream Web Accelerator can prevent pop-up windows and floating flash advertisements from appearing while you browse the Internet. This behavior is enabled by default, and no user-intervention is required. However, you can disable these features at any time. You can also see a list of all pop-ups that were blocked. This information is useful if you suspect a web site is not functioning properly because pop-ups are being blocked. How fast is it? With Slipstream 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 Slipstream Accelerator. Popular Web Sites *Before Slipstream® *With Slipstream How much Faster with Slipstream? 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 MP3 files, executables & other compressed files -Streaming media, audio and video files, and zip files Most graphics & photos - including .jpg and .gif images Files downloaded outside your browser using FTP Most banner ads - including animated gif images and Macromedia Flash content   All browser-based web email (hotmail, yahoo, etc)   All emails that contain images - even when read in a dedicated email program   Compatibility Platforms: Windows 95b w/Winsock2 / 98/ 98SE/  ME/ NT 4.0/ 2000/ XP  or Macintosh OS X Connections: Any low-speed Internet connection, including dial-up, ISDN, IDSL Browsers: SlipStream Web Accelerator requires at least Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape 4.0 or any later version of either browser. Note that the SlipStream Email Acceleration component requires Windows 98 and above, and that the SlipStream Pop-up Blocker component requires Internet Explorer 5.0 and above. Utilities: Works with many ad blockers, popup stoppers, personal firewalls, and other utilities.

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