Just How Fast Is Netzero 3G?

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Pete Zahut
Jul 2, 2005
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My friend who has it says he gets blazing fast downloads with it, so just how fast is it?

And what happened? He told me that the phone companies decided to partner up with Netzero and open the phone lines up to compete with the cable companies.

Looks like it’s the end of Cable and the return of dial up at blazing fast speed.

My friend told me it was so fast that he thought he was on DSL or cable.

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Usmiech
Jul 2, 2005
Pete Zahut wrote in
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My friend who has it says he gets blazing fast downloads with it, so just how fast is it?

And what happened? He told me that the phone companies decided to partner up with Netzero and open the phone lines up to compete with the cable companies.

Looks like it’s the end of Cable and the return of dial up at blazing fast speed.

My friend told me it was so fast that he thought he was on DSL or cable.

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Can we stop fighting, and start living?

It all sounds too good to be true.
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Flipper Mike
Jul 2, 2005
Pete Zahut wrote:

My friend who has it says he gets blazing fast downloads with it, so just how fast is it?

And what happened? He told me that the phone companies decided to partner up with Netzero and open the phone lines up to compete with the cable companies.

Looks like it’s the end of Cable and the return of dial up at blazing fast speed.

My friend told me it was so fast that he thought he was on DSL or cable.

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Can we stop fighting, and start living?

I heard that it is just as fast as it takes Russell B to go down on a dick! It is hard to measure time in those minute fractions!!!
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Mike
Jul 2, 2005
"Usmiech" wrote in message
Pete Zahut wrote in
news::

My friend who has it says he gets blazing fast downloads with it, so just how fast is it?

And what happened? He told me that the phone companies decided to partner up with Netzero and open the phone lines up to compete with the cable companies.

Looks like it’s the end of Cable and the return of dial up at blazing fast speed.

My friend told me it was so fast that he thought he was on DSL or cable.

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Can someone please insert that link to the clip from The Goodfellas where they’re laughing their asses off…
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Tacit
Jul 2, 2005
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Pete Zahut wrote:

My friend who has it says he gets blazing fast downloads with it, so just how fast is it?

It is the same exact speed as regular dialup.

From the Netzero 3G disclaimer page:

"Speed reference based upon comparison to nationally available dial-up ISPs. NetZero HiSpeed 3G accelerates certain web page text and graphics when compared to standard dial-up Internet service. Actual results may vary. Some web pages such as secure or encrypted web pages will not be accelerated. NetZero HiSpeed 3G is not a broadband service and actual data transmission rates are not faster than standard dial-up Internet service. Transmission of files including, without limitation, streaming audio or video, digital photographs, MP3 or other music files, executable files and other downloads, is not faster using NetZero HiSpeed 3G than with standard dial-up service."

All it does is speed up the way certain Web pages (those in its cache) display. It does this by taking often-accessed Web pages, compressing them, sending the compressed Web page over the telephone line at regular dial-up speed, and then uncompressing them on the other end. Because they are compressed, they travel quickly through the telephone line.

It does not in any way speed up:

– File downloads, such as pictures, movies, or MP3s.

– Web pages that are not cached in the NetZero caching proxy server.

– Encrypted Web pages.

– Any downloads on any computer not running Windows. The system works by having proprietary NetZero compression software on your computer. It is only available for Windows.

– Downloads for people using a proxy server, such as a corporate network.

The important thing to understand is IT DOES NOT MAKE YOUR TELEPHONE CONNECTION GO FASTER. If you connect to the Internet with a 56K modem, you will still be connecting at 56K (or less). It DOES NOT increase the speed with which information passes through the phone line; it just takes the information which is going to be sent to you, compresses it so that it is smaller, and then uncompresses it when it reaches you. AOL has been doing this same exact thing for almost ten years now. You get a very good speed improvement for text-heavy Web sites, a slight improvement for some cached images on those Web sites, and zero improvement for file transfers and Web sites which are not popular enough to be in NetZero’s cache.

For more information, do a Google search for "NetZero 3G."

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D-word
Jul 2, 2005
Pete Zahut wrote:
My friend who has it says he gets blazing fast downloads with it, so just how fast is it?

And what happened? He told me that the phone companies decided to partner up with Netzero and open the phone lines up to compete with the cable companies.

Looks like it’s the end of Cable and the return of dial up at blazing fast speed.

Are you an Industry pimp?

My friend told me it was so fast that he thought he was on DSL or cable.
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Scruff
Jul 2, 2005
"D-word" wrote in message
Pete Zahut wrote:
My friend who has it says he gets blazing fast downloads with it, so just how fast is it?

And what happened? He told me that the phone companies decided to partner up with Netzero and open the phone lines up to compete with the cable companies.

Looks like it’s the end of Cable and the return of dial up at blazing fast speed.

Are you an Industry pimp?

My friend told me it was so fast that he thought he was on DSL or cable.
He is quoted as calling himself a "photoshop gimp". But he’s mostly just a Usenet slut.
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Roberto
Jul 3, 2005
That is the killer, it speeds download of web pages by doing two things. One, when one of their customers calls up a page, they cache it on their server and then second they compress the wholly living shit out of it. By doing this two things they provide what looks like faster service. The downside is that in order really get some speed you have turn up the compression and then the images and such look like crap.

The whole thing is a joke. It also has no effect on downloading files, or anything else other than web pages (the text and images). It doesn’t do much for scripts either things like that only get a minor improvement because it is on their server instead of someone else’s which could be really busy or slow.

The other downside is that the pages the have cached on their server may not be up-to-date so you would still have to wait while their server went out and got the latest version.

There is no substitute for real broadband.

Robert

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