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Welcome to the MegaSPEED Accelerator Client - powered by SlipStream.There are 3 choices to help make you more familiar with this client.FAQ FAQ1. Overview of MegaSPEED Web Accelerator
2 Download and Installation Help
3 Using MegaSPEED Web Accelerator
4 Product Details
5 Additional Assistance Section 1 - Overview of MegaSPEED Web Accelerator How does MegaSPEED claim to be 5X faster?Web page performance is measured by the amount of time it takes to download an entire Web page into your browser. So, when comparing the performance improvement delivered by MegaSPEED Accelerator with an unaccelerated Internet connection, we configure two identical computers. Both are connected to the Internet at the same dial-up connection speed and both have the same PC and Internet browser configuration. Using an automated browsing measurement tool (i.e. a surfing "bot"), both computers visit the same Web pages multiple times. In order to eliminate variations in download speed caused by various network factors, we take the average times for downloading the same page with and without MegaSPEED Accelerator and compare the two averages in order to determine the improvement factor for a specific Web page (example: www.amazon.com). 5X represents the high-end of the frequently measured averaged results. If you are particularly interested in the topic of timing Web pages, here's a
link to a site that provides a stopwatch for timing page loads and many other
interesting Internet timing tools: http://www.numion.com/Stopwatch/index.html MegaSPEED is an affordable software-only solution designed to significantly enhance Web access over low-speed (less than 200 kbps/second) connections. By contrast, DSL and cable modems provide high-speed Internet connectivity using hardware solutions that work with special telephone or cable lines. The price for DSL or cable modem is significantly higher than MegaSPEED
Accelerator. In addition to the higher price, many areas simply do not have DSL
or cable Internet service available.
What are the privacy implications of using MegaSPEED
Accelerator? Section 2 - Download and Installation Help
Why can't I open the MegaSPEED Accelerator installation
file after I download it?
How long will it take to download MegaSPEED Accelerator? Section 3 - Using MegaSPEED Web Accelerator
Is MegaSPEED Accelerator installed, active, and enabled on your computer?
How do I change the image quality setting for all images? Right-click on the MegaSPEED Web Accelerator taskbar icon and select
"Settings" Select the "Image Quality" tab
Adjust the slider bar to the desired image quality settings Press OK to
save the changes. How do I start MegaSPEED Web Accelerator? MegaSPEED Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time Windows starts You do not have to launch it manually.A MegaSPEED Web Accelerator icon appears in the Windows system tray to show that it is operating in the background. If the program was terminated, you can start it up by going to your
"Start Menu" "Program Files" "MegaSPEED" and
selecting the program from there. How do I turn off the Pop-up Bocker? Click on the accelerator icon in the taskbar, click on Pop-Up and disable
it If you are going to websites that you need the windows to pop-up, you
could add them to the white list so you won't need to disable the pop-up blocker
every time you go there. How do I uninstall MegaSPEED Accelerator? Open the "Start Menu" Open "Settings" Open "Control Panels" Finally open "Add/Remove Programs" Looks for the MegaSPEED client and remove it from there.
IMPORTANT: If you are using a browser other than Internet Explorer or Netscape
with MegaSPEED, you will need to manually reconfigure the proxy settings for the
respective browser after uninstalling or stopping MegaSPEED Accelerator in order
to continue using the Internet. See below for further details.
How do I see the original graphic quality of specific
image or Web page? Section 4 - Product Details How do I use other browsers with my Web Accelerator?Netscape Navigator is automatically configured to use the MegaSPEED Accelerator Use Netscape as you normally would. For other browsers such as Opera and Mozilla, MegaSPEED Web Accelerator works with any web browser that allows you to specify an HTTP proxy You must set the HTTP proxy host to be "127.0.0.1" and the port number to be the local listening port of the MegaSPEED Client (5400 by default) Consult your browser's documentation for information on how this can be done.
What types of Web content does MegaSPEED accelerate? MegaSPEED also accelerates email traffic (POP3 and SMTP) using lossless compression. MegaSPEED does NOT speed up file downloads (over FTP or file sharing
programs), streaming audio/video and HTTPS (secure web sites).
Are ad blockers, popup stoppers, personal firewalls and other
utilities compatible with MegaSPEED Accelerator?
If you are receiving error messages from a firewall please ensure the following ports are allowed access:
Does MegaSPEED Web Accelerator speed up email access? Yes, MegaSPEED automatically accelerates your email traffic (POP3 and SMTP)
for all popular email clients such as Eudora, Outlook, Outlook Express and
Netscape Mail Other email clients should work transparently as well.
What are the system requirements for MegaSPEED Accelerator? Below, please find the suggested and minimum system requirements beyond the basics of an analog modem, a telephone line, and an active Internet connection. MegaSPEED Accelerator can be installed on any of the following operating systems:
MegaSPEED Web Accelerator requires at least Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape 4.0 or any later version of either browser. Note that the MegaSPEED Email Acceleration component requires Windows 98 and above, and that the MegaSPEED Pop-up Blocker component requires Internet Explorer 5.0 and above. Newer versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer are available free of charge through Microsoft. For Windows 95 users: Currently, Microsoft does not permit Windows 95 users to install Internet Explorer 6 or greater, however, Internet Explorer 5.5 is available. The recommended system requirements for MegaSPEED Web Accelerator are a Pentium 200MHz with 64MB of RAM and at least 5MB of hard-disk space.
Internet connection line speed in Kbps (kilobits/second) Regardless, MegaSPEED Web Accelerator will work within your current system
configuration to provide you with the best content acceleration.
Yes. If you are accessing the Internet through a dial-up connection in the U.S.
and Canada and your system conforms to MegaSPEED Accelerator system requirements
you should be able to get an accelerated Internet experience, if you are dialing
numbers from the same ISP. Section 5 - Additional Assistance
The most effective way to obtain technical or customer support is to first review the 3 guides we have provided (FAQ, Troubelshooting, and Product Guide), which contains numerous suggestions as well as instructions on sending vitally important MegaSPEED Accelerator diagnostic information. If the guides do not answer your questions, the next effective
thing to do is to email our help desk at help@main.nc.us. |