Why Is Netzero HiSpeed Faster?
Basically what makes Netzero HiSpeed dial-up so much faster than a traditional dial-up ISP, is that the web accelerator technology compresses certain files before they are sent to your computer from the server. With Netzero HiSpeed your computer communicates with an accelerated server. When an accelerated server is put between your dial-up connection and the Web, it can speed up the process significantly. When you input a search while connected to an accelerated server like that with Netzero HiSpeed, your request is sent from the dial-up modem in your computer to the ISP’s accelerated server. The accelerated server that your computer is connected to uses a broadband connection to rapidly search the Internet for the server that hosts the page you’re searching for. As soon as the server finds what you were looking for, the two machines begin talking and exchanging information. At this point the Netzero HiSpeed server sends the information in compressed format to your computer. Netzero’s