[KLUG Members] What is behind this www.onspeed.com?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > It sounds like Netzero's "3G".  It makes surfing quite
> > fast.  What they do is basically compress all images
> > on the fly and then send you the compressed version. 
> > It allows you to right click any image and tell it to
> > show in full quality or all images in full quality.  I
> > use the Netzero at home because I rarely get better
> > than a 26.4 connection.
> > Big speed up for general surfing, but no change in
> > download speed at all.
> Does it work with Linux, or is some Windows-only 
> software required on the PC side?

I played with a windows box using 3G and it looked like it was IE only
(some type of IE plugin/extension).  I was at the box because it (or
something) was monkeying up web pages downloaded over the VPN connection
the user had established over the dial-up connection.  I just removed
everything non-standard I could find in Windows and IE (extensions) and
the problem went away - maybe his 3x-dial-up-speeds did too.