FW: 15 Web Speedup Tips

Norman J. Jacknis (njacknis@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 23 Dec 1997 23:47:21 -0500

I came across this on-line article a few days ago. It offers some useful
suggestions on getting the most mileage out of a modem connection to the
Internet.

Regards,
Norm

P.S. Happy Holidays To Everyone!

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15 Web Speedup Tips

We'll show you how to diagnose hang-ups and adjust your settings to speed
your browsing, and we'll reveal some fast-moving alternatives to
traditional browsers.

by Paul Heltzel

The Web is slow and money is tight. So what else is new? You want to
increase the snail's pace at which you browse, but the options don't look
good: ISDN is expensive and hard to install. Those 56-kbps modems aren't
consistently achieving the high speeds vendors claim. Digital Satellite?
Waaay expensive. But there are steps you can take right now to see real
improvements in your browsing speed.

You don't have to spend money to break through Net bottlenecks (although
some of the software we mention will cost you if you decide to keep it).
We'll show you how to diagnose hang-ups and adjust your settings to speed
your browsing, and we'll reveal some fast-moving alternatives to
traditional browsers.

Copyright ? 1997 PC World Communications.

http://www.pcworld.com/workstyles/online/articles/oct97/1510bandwidth.ht
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