Download Accelerator Plus 7.5

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I am running Windows XP , service pack 2......& am only on dial up...A friend
suggest I download Download Accelerator Plus 7.5 to speed things up when I
am downloading off the internet..... Does anyone use it & is it safe to use,.
also is it easy to remove if I have a problem with it..
 
I would pass on them. Your connection speed equates to a
pipeline. No matter how many connections to a server you
make or how data is downloaded/re-packaged it's all limited
by the connection speed. Best to save your money or apply
it to the new "Entry Level" DSL service(s) that are available
now for as low as $20-25 a month.
 
Thanks

R. McCarty said:
I would pass on them. Your connection speed equates to a
pipeline. No matter how many connections to a server you
make or how data is downloaded/re-packaged it's all limited
by the connection speed. Best to save your money or apply
it to the new "Entry Level" DSL service(s) that are available
now for as low as $20-25 a month.
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It's snake oil.

No program can increase your connection speed beyond that which is allotted
you by your service provider. What these programs do is cache frequently
visited pages locally so that they "appear" to download faster. Sad part is,
that's what the Temporary Internet Files are for, the difference being that
the accelerator programs are not free.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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I am running Windows XP , service pack 2......& am only on dial up...A friend
suggest I download Download Accelerator Plus 7.5 to speed things up when I
am downloading off the internet..... Does anyone use it & is it safe to use,.
also is it easy to remove if I have a problem with it..
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Dont waste your time.
 
Lesley said:
I am running Windows XP , service pack 2......& am only on dial up...A
friend
suggest I download Download Accelerator Plus 7.5 to speed things up when
I
am downloading off the internet..... Does anyone use it & is it safe to
use,.
also is it easy to remove if I have a problem with it..
Click to expand...

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No matter what people say about these so called "drive accelerators", they
DO NOT give you increased download speed. That is controlled by the amount
of bandwidth you have purchased from your Internet Service Provider.

What the accelerators do is cache frequently visited web sites on their
local servers so that when you go to load a WEB PAGE, it loads faster. If
you are downloading say a 100 meg file, the download speed remains the same
(as controlled by your available bandwidth).And guess what! The function of
the temporary internet files, which are cached locally on YOUR computer, do
the same thing as the download accelerators.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
"No program can increase your connection speed beyond that which is
allotted you by your service provider."

Absoluely true.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
 
|>I am running Windows XP , service pack 2......& am only on dial up...A friend
|>suggest I download Download Accelerator Plus 7.5 to speed things up when I
|>am downloading off the internet..... Does anyone use it & is it safe to use,.
|>also is it easy to remove if I have a problem with it..

DAP has a history of installing spyware.
 
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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Trax said:
|>I am running Windows XP , service pack 2......& am only on dial up...A
friend
|>suggest I download Download Accelerator Plus 7.5 to speed things up
when I
|>am downloading off the internet..... Does anyone use it & is it safe to
use,.
|>also is it easy to remove if I have a problem with it..

DAP has a history of installing spyware.
Click to expand...

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They sure do!



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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
"No program can increase your connection speed beyond that which is
allotted you by your service provider."
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Have you looked at NetZero? They provide a accelerator function that
works by compressing or resampling images so that they come across at
what appears to be faster. Yes, it's not changing the speed, but it does
change how fast pages display/update. By changing the quality of images
you can see what appears to be a 100% increase in performance.

While I don't use NetZero, I've seen it work over dialup
enabled/disabled and it's a noticeable difference when enabled.
 
Lesley said:
I am running Windows XP , service pack 2......& am only on dial up...A friend
suggest I download Download Accelerator Plus 7.5 to speed things up when I
am downloading off the internet..... Does anyone use it & is it safe to use,.
also is it easy to remove if I have a problem with it..
Click to expand...
Star DownLoader is free. It is as good as Download Accelerator. Dial
up is slow but, with either of these two programs if you loose your
connection they will pick up the download where it quit.

Rick
 
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