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  1. October 17th, 2003, 10:18 AM #1
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    Supra 5X and propel accelerator

     
    I've been using plain 56k dialup thru supratelecom. now they are offering me a better service which uses compression and special servers that accelerate loading of frequent webpages. Are their any security , privacy or general concerns with this type of service?
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  2. October 18th, 2003, 01:52 PM #2
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    I don't think there are any additional security or privacy issues over a standard dial-up account. Maintain your Anti-virus, firewall, and other protective devices and you should be fine.

    Am a little skeptical of the claims they make about speed, but I guess you could try it out and see if it makes a difference for you. Caching of web pages is nothing new though.
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    yah i think most of the 56k "accerleration" is nothing more than them caching web pages on there servers.

    not very effective sadly
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  4. October 20th, 2003, 08:29 PM #4
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    heh, that's their improvement! You're better off to cache several gigs of the web yourself if that's all they're doing!
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