Accelerator Reviews
"With boost here or there, dial-up endures"
"Dial-up customers whose companies don't offer an accelerator can still subscribe to one. Propel Software Corp. of San Jose, Calif., which makes the accelerator software for EarthLink, also offers it as a stand-alone service for $5 a month. Users simply route their existing Internet service through Propel's network of compression servers.It's a roundabout way for dial-up users to save a few minutes per surfing session. But there are 60 million of you out there. That's a lot of minutes."
Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe
High-Speed Dial-Up: Does It Work?
EarthLink Plus uses a solution engineered by Propel Software Corp. to compress certain page elements, such as text and graphics, shrinking the data sets so they arrive at your location faster. In EarthLink Plus's maximum acceleration mode, the pages loaded in 26 seconds; in minimal acceleration mode, they took 35 seconds. In normal mode, the PCMag.com page loaded in 50 seconds but needed only 20 seconds with maximum acceleration.
John R. Delaney, PC Magazine
Unlike many programs that claim to speed up Web surfing, this one actually works…. although not as fast as broadband, is at least twice the speed of a standard modem. And you don't need any special lines or equipment to use it…If surfing the Web is annoyingly slow and broadband isn't in your immediate future, this is a worthwhile option.
Larry Magid, CBS News
"Propel Software creates faster Web experience -- at a good price."
.... The most dramatic performance improvements came from Yahoo, which went from loading in 13 seconds to 4 seconds; and eBay, which went from 46 seconds to 7. Every page I tested loaded at least twice as fast.
Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News
Propel Accelerator speeds up the dial-up browsing experience on a PC by up to five times. It requires no new hardware and is easy to install with just a few clicks.
Mike Federico, Download.com
Propel Accelerator - Editor's Choice
CNET Rating: 9 out of 10
When we used Propel Accelerator to download Web pages, they arrived two to three times faster than with a standard 56K connection. In some cases, pages displayed more swiftly than on a high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL). Truly, we were amazed.
Daniel Tynan, CNET Review
"Web Accelerators -- speed without broadband"
Overblown promises of speedier Web connections have yielded mixed results on the Internet. But a new class of products offers accelerated Internet browsing for consumers looking for higher speed without paying a high price.
Eric Auchard, Reuters
Propel Software Corporation's subscription service is designed to let end-users surf the web up to five times faster over a dial-up connection.
Wayne Kawamoto, ISP-Planet
Internet Booster - Free Trial
Try Propel Internet Accelerator download now and get the first 14 days of service free! First sign up, then download the Propel Accelerator program and install it (Check system requirements). Free online accelerator download trial is for new customers only.
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