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What is PeoplePC accelerator technology? |
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PeoplePC accelerator technology uses your existing PeoplePC Online connection to speed up your Internet surfing. |
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Why do I need PeoplePC accelerator technology? |
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Save money and time - for a fraction of what the dial-up "big" guys and DSL providers charge, you can surf the web up to 7X faster starting today. |
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How does accelerator technology work? |
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PeoplePC accelerator technology speeds up your page load times by compressing and simplifying the web pages you view. The quality of the images on the web page will depend on the acceleration speed you are using. |
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What is accelerated on a web page and what doesn't? |
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What gets accelerated |
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What stays the same |
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Web pages - HTML, markup and JavaScript |
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Streaming media, audio and video files |
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Graphics and photos - including jpeg and gif images and most Flash images and animation |
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Most banner ads |
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Secure pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms |
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All browser-based emails (Web Mail) |
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Files downloaded outside your browser using FTP |
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All emails that contain images - even when read in a dedicated email program like Outlook Express |
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Email attachments |
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Does PeoplePC accelerator technology speed up the retrieval and delivery of email? |
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PeoplePC accelerator technology speeds up Web-based email (such as PeoplePC Web Mail, Yahoo, AOL, etc.). It will accelerate the text and most graphics in the email. |
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Is PeoplePC accelerator technology compatible with personal firewalls and ad blockers? |
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PeoplePC accelerator technology is compatible with most ad blockers, pop-up blockers, personal firewalls, and other utilities. |
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Will PeoplePC accelerator technology work on my computer? |
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Below are the system requirements for PeoplePC accelerator technology:
Operating system: Windows 98 or higher
Computer/processor: Pentium Class 133MHz or higher
Memory: 64MB RAM or higher (128MB for Windows XP)
Hard drive space: 100MB available hard drive space
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How much does PeoplePC accelerator technology cost? How do I get it? |
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Click here to view our offers then click on the "Get Started" button next to the "Accelerated" offer to sign up. |
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