PSC/Propel® Accelerator
PSC/Propel® Accelerator is only available to PSC's Enhanced Plan customers. For more information contact PSC.
If you surf the Internet using a dial-up connection, you are painfully aware of how slow Web pages load. PSC/Propel Accelerator is a subscription-based service that works with your PSC dial-up connection, allowing you to dramatically increase your surfing speed. Pages that previously took almost 30 seconds to load, can now be viewed in less than 7 seconds, on average, and sometimes even faster.
The PSC/Propel Accelerator is the next best thing to DSL, at a fraction of the price. Unlike costly and limited-availability broadband solutions, the PSC/Propel Accelerator is:
- Available anywhere there is a telephone line.
- Requires NO new hardware.
- Is easy to install -- a few clicks will download it to your PC!
- Works seamlessly with your existing PSC account.
- Costs just pennies a day and gives you accelerated access to all your favorite Web sites.
How does it work?
The PSC/Propel 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, PSC/Propel Accelerator speeds up the delivery of web pages four ways:
- Compression. PSC/Propel 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. PSC/Propel Accelerator improves upon your browser's caching ability. PSC/Propel intelligently retains and reuses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your PC. That's why the longer PSC/Propel Accelerator is in use on your PC, the faster your Web pages will load.
- Persistent Connections. PSC/Propel 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. PSC/Propel Accelerator lets you block unsolicited content, such as pop-up ads and in page ads, which contributes to long wait times.
Looking for more technical detail on how PSC/Propel Accelerator works? Please refer to our Technical Overview . It explains the various components and how they interact with one another. Or if you would like to see a demonstration of PSC/Propel Accelerator in action, click here (4 MB wmv file).
