56K Dial up speed up tips

[99%]

A buddy lives in isolated region and has dialup.
What are the best tweaks to speed up his websurfing?

I have seen sites like onspeed.com but dont know if they are legit. I seriously doubt he'll pay since fish and potatoes are free for him.
Putting in a hosts file lists seemed to have helped somewhat.
Please advize.

Hes using XPro

Yes google is there but it needs to sleep for this sesssion.

[uNz[i]]

Those speed up progs are usually a scam. He's pretty much limited to 6K/sec, although that speed only exists in an ideal world. Unless he's got 100% fiber optic phoneline (no copper at all), speeds'll be anything between 3-5K/sec.

I have seen some programs like iSpeed (http://www.hms.com/ispeed.asp) or Propel (http://www.propel.com/products/index.jsp) (although this one needs support by the ISP to work) that make it seem like you're surfing faster. All they really do is get tricky with the cache or reduce the quality of images as they download.
He could probably achieve the same results by having a big cache that he never empties.

The only realistic things he can do is get his telco to check his line for noise and voltages, maximizing its efficiency.
He could also install a second phone line, buy another modem (it may need to be identical to what he's got now... I'm not sure) and run it in tandem with his existing line and modem to truly double his speed.

It's probably less hassle just to get adsl or cable tbh.

[muchspl3]

no shit, he needs to get isdn, most phone comapnys carry it...

[nsane]

proxyconn would help with page loads and uncompressed files. it basicly uses proxies that compress the data before sending it to you, then the app uncompresses them when the downloading is finished. pretty sweet actually ;)

http://www.proxyconn.com/best1.asp

it won't speed up most EXE/ZIP/RAR transfers, as they're usually compressed already. but, there are a few exeptions out there...

[99%]

Thankyou for the information. Will take look at all the above.
As for him getting adsl etc it would require serious contstruction work as he lives on an island.

[muchspl3]

Thankyou for the information. Will take look at all the above.
As for him getting adsl etc it would require serious contstruction work as he lives on an island.
lucky

[uNz[i]]

Thankyou for the information. Will take look at all the above.
As for him getting adsl etc it would require serious contstruction work as he lives on an island.
How remote is the island? He might still be able to get adsl if he's not miles out in the ocean...

They don't make any modifications to the actual phoneline, the upgrade is done at the telephone exchange.

[99%]

as remote as he gets hiss water from a well, and uses solar panels for electricity...

I will check with the phone company, he told me he'd tried to no avail..

[peat moss]

Lucky bugger , probably expensive to set up, but how about satellite internet ?

[erRor67]

Go to http://www.speedguide.net and download the TCP/IP Optimizer. All it is, is a simple program that optimizes certain registry items for better preformance. You choose ur internet connection (Dialup, DSL, Cable) and it modifies the reg files accordingly. ;)

[pandapop]

when i was usind dial up i had a program called Dr. Speed. it did make a slight difference in the loading time for web pages.

[SpecialAgentPunk]

anything to help dl speeds?

[Spicker]

anything to help dl speeds?
No there is really nothing you can do to get past 6-8kb/sec

the only thing you can spead up is the browser....there are millions of registry tweaks for IE or you can get Firefox and get the tweaking program...

other than that theres is nothing you can do...except ofcouse get ADSL ;)

[Adster]

no shit, he needs to get isdn, most phone company's carry it...


its shit and a waste of money

you have to pay for another line as well

all those programs are bullshit

I was on dial up for a while and could get at average about 80 meg in 4 hours

seriously they just don't work those programs

there are also reasons why people can't get ADSL

2 of them in fact

Geographic reasons

and Financial reasons

the number 1 thing is the most important

hav a look 64% of amerians are still on dial even

Australians here coz of Tel$tra only have about 25% its growing though

Tel$tra is whats letting it down not upgrading people off RIM lines unless they have there $30 a month bigpond bigshit service of 200 meg cap !!

[lcrt]

nothing can help u if u r using dial-up :)

[shanu]

maybe try turning off modem compression(hardware) and turning on software compression, this should give better actual throughput speeds ;)

[ziggyjuarez]

Go to http://www.speedguide.net and download the TCP/IP Optimizer. All it is, is a simple program that optimizes certain registry items for better preformance. You choose ur internet connection (Dialup, DSL, Cable) and it modifies the reg files accordingly. ;)
OMG thanks you o great master
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I went from top speed of 50kB/s to 250kB/s :w00t: :01: