Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] netzero hispeed

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 12:00:31PM -0500, Ross, Matthew wrote:
> > Agreed. In fact I think modern modems do compression transparently.  
> > file transfers are always compressed, so you would get no speedup.
> 
> They are. With dialup compressed and broadband not, a v.92 56k dialup is supposedly equivalent to a 128k broadband. Doesn't take into account the fact that most of what you download is compressed already though, or the phone line limitations, so your best dialup is more like a 46k broadband in practice.
> 
> > My brother uses netzero.  It seems to me like their regular service is
> > not as fast as regular dialup.  So maybe they are just 
> > lifting whatever
> > bandwidth throttle is in place!
> 
> Exactly. The only way they could pull this off is by not running
> compression on their basic service, which would mean your 56k isn't
> benefitting from being a v.90 or v.92. Their "highspeed" utilizes
> these, and is merely an excuse to jack up the price.
> 
> By the way, when they quit being a free service, did they get rid of
> that AOHell-like adware interface?
> 

I believe they just have a toolbar across the top of the screen.  That's 
all I saw anyway, as I downloaded PuTTY and SSH'd into mlug. (maybe 15 
minutes of use)

Regards,
Mark
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