Internet Accelerator
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 What is Internet Accelerator?
How does it work?
How fast is it?
What Gets Accelerated?
Block Advertisements with Optional Content Filtering
Will Internet Accelerator work on my PC?
Are personal firewalls and other utilities compatible with Propel?
I have two computers; can I share a subscription to Propel
Accelerator?
How do I activate my subscription?
Does Propel Accelerator work with cell phones used as
data modems?
Download Information
Compatibility
System Requirements
What is Internet Accelerator?
It's the fastest Web Accelerator on the market! If you surf the Internet using a dial-up connection, you are painfully aware of how slow Web pages load. Internet Accelerator is a subscription-based service that works with your existing dial-up connection, allowing you to increase your surfing speed up to 5 times. So, pages that previously took almost 30 seconds to load, can now be viewed in less than 7 seconds, on average.
- Blocks annoying pop-up and banner ads
- Available anywhere there is a telephone line.
- Requires NO new hardware.
- Is easy to install -- a few clicks will download it to your PC!
How does it work?
Internet Accelerator is designed to provide maximum acceleration for the Web sites you visit regularly.
So, the more you surf, the faster your favorite pages will load!
Specifically, Internet Accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages four ways:
- Compression. Internet Accelerator delivers text and graphics more efficiently, using a proprietary compression technology that significantly reduces the size of Web pages and page elements sent to your browser.
- Caching. Internet Accelerator improves upon your browser's caching ability. Internet Accelerator intelligently retains and reuses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your PC. That's why the longer Internet Accelerator is in use on your PC, the faster your Web pages will load.
- Persistent Connections. Internet Accelerator uses proprietary techniques to carefully manage and optimize the communication between your modem and our network of servers through a persistent connection. This eliminates the time wasted re-establishing and closing TCP/IP connections.
- Optional Content Filtering. Internet Accelerator lets you block unsolicited content, such as pop-up ads and in page ads, which contributes to long wait times.
How fast is it?
Performance Boost
With Internet Accelerator, Web pages load an average of 3 to 5 times faster. The more regularly you visit specific Web sites, the better the performance you will receive.
Here is an example of tests we ran with and without Internet Accelerator.
| Popular Web Sites |
*Before Internet Accelerator |
*With Internet Accelerator |
How much Faster
with Internet Accelerator? |
| Ebay |
11.65 seconds |
2.97 seconds |
3.92 X faster! |
| USA Today |
32.43 seconds |
3.77 seconds |
8.60 X faster! |
| Mapquest.com |
30.56 seconds |
5.01 seconds |
6.10 X faster! |
| Monster.com |
11.74 seconds |
3.04 seconds |
3.86 X faster! |
| CNN |
11.68 seconds |
2.26 seconds |
5.17 X faster! |
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*Average time calculated based on loading the home page. First time visit to a Web page loads on average 2 times faster. Subsequent visits to the page load, on average, 3 times faster.
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What Gets Accelerated
Most Web content will be accelerated, but there are certain exceptions:
 What will be accelerated
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 What will *not* be accelerated
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All text - HTML, markup, and javascript
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Streaming media, and audio and video files
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Most graphics & photos - including jpeg and gif images
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Secure pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms and pages accessed over VPN
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Most banner ads - including animated gif images and Macromedia Flash content
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Files downloaded outside your browser using ftp
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All browser-based emails
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All emails that contain images - even when read in a dedicated email program
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MP3 files, executables & other files - when downloaded from within your web browser (depending on the quality of your connection).
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Block Advertisements with Optional Content Filtering
- Optional Content Filtering. Internet Accelerator lets you block unsolicited content, such as pop-up ads and in page ads, which contributes to long wait times.
- Pop-up windows. Internet Accelerator can block pop-up and pop-under windows that clutter your screen and slow down your surfing. You'll hear a noise and/or see an icon each time a pop-up has been blocked. It's easy to see a pop-up that was blocked, to allow some pop-ups to always be shown and to turn the feature on and off.
- In-page ads. Internet Accelerator can block most advertisements that appear on web pages. When an ad is blocked, it is replaced with a light gray box on the web page, to make sure that web pages maintain their intended design. You can easily view blocked ads by right clicking on the gray box. As with pop-up blocking, you can turn this feature on and off any time you like.
Will Internet Accelerator work on my PC?
Internet Accelerator has been through rigorous third-party testing* to ensure that:
- It runs on most Microsoft Windows-based PC systems, including virtually any PC purchased within the last 4 years
- It does not in any way interfere with other software or
applications that you use Please check the requirements
below to make sure your PC will work successfully with
Internet Accelerator!
Are personal firewalls and other utilities compatible with Propel?
Yes. Propel Accelerator will work with a personal firewall product installed on your PC.
I have two computers; can I share a subscription to Propel Accelerator?
Yes. Although a subscription to the Propel Accelerator Service cannot be simultaneously used on multiple computers, as a subscriber your subscription can be available for your use on both machines. Here's how to enable another PC to use your
subscription to the Propel Acceleration Service:
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Sign in to access your My Account page, using your Propel Accelerator subscription User Name and Password.
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Once on the My Accounts page, click on the "Download Propel Accelerator" link.
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Your subscription will immediately be enabled on the new system. In addition, a message will appear on the system you were using indicating that Propel Accelerator is no longer active. Once installed you can easily switch back and forth between several computers, using the same subscription. Switching acceleration from computer A to B is immediate and automatic. However, if you try to switch acceleration back to A within a few minutes, you will be unable to do so due to a brief "time out" period. Additional notes: If you need to use Propel Accelerator at the same time on more than one system, multiple subscriptions are needed.
How do I activate my subscription?
Click here to enter your User Name and Password to activate your subscription.
Does Propel Accelerator work with cell phones used as data modems?
Yes. Propel Accelerator will work with most 2.5G or 3G Wireless Data-enabled phones connected to a laptop. Acceleration up to 12X has been measured.
Download Information
Version:  |
4.1.4 |
| File size: |
2.0 MB |
| Download time: |
5 - 10 minutes |
Compatibility
Internet Accelerator works with most Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in use today, including virtually all PCs purchased within the last 4 years. See details below.
| Platforms: |
Windows 98/NT 4.0/2000/ME/XP (sorry, no Macintosh support yet.) |
| Connections: |
Any low-speed Internet connection, including dial-up, ISDN, iDSL, DSL (under 200K), and wireless.
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| Browsers: |
IE 5.0 or later, or Netscape 4.7 or later
See special instructions for Opera and Mozilla
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| Utilities: |
Works with many ad blockers, popup stoppers, personal firewalls, and other utilities. For more information click here.
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System Requirements
| Available Disk space: |
25 MB
(135 MB recommended) |
| Total System memory (RAM): |
32 MB
(64 MB highly recommended) |
* Testing by E-Testing Labs:http://www.etestinglabs.com/
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