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Frequently Asked Questions

 What gets accelerated   What stays the same 
Web pages - HTML, markup and JavaScript Streaming media, audio and video files
Graphics and photos - including jpeg and gif images and most Flash images and animation
Most banner ads Secure pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms
All browser-based emails (Web Mail) Files downloaded outside your browser using FTP
All emails that contain images - even when read in a dedicated email program like Outlook Express Email attachments

PeoplePC Accelerated comes with In-page Ad Blocking
PeoplePC Accelerated can block most advertisements that appear on web pages. When blocked, they will appear as light gray boxes. To view a blocked ad, you can refresh the picture with full quality in just two clicks.


The nitty-gritty details on how it works:

PeoplePC Accelerated is designed to accelerate the web sites that you visit regularly. So, the more you visit your favorite sites, the faster the pages will load!


PeoplePC Accelerated speeds up the delivery of web pages in three ways:

-Compression. PeoplePC Accelerated delivers text and graphics more efficiently, using a compression technology that significantly reduces the size of web pages and page elements sent to your browser.
 
-Caching. PeoplePC Accelerated retains and re-uses web pages and page elements that you have previously viewed. Your web pages will load faster the more you use PeoplePC Accelerated.
 
-Persistent Connections. PeoplePC Accelerated uses techniques to 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 over a modem.
 

* With PeoplePC Online Accelerated certain web page text and graphics will load faster when compared to standard dial-up Internet service. Actual results may vary. PeoplePC Online Accelerated is only compatible with PeoplePC Online Internet service and specified Windows browsers. PeoplePC Online Accelerated is not Windows 95 compatible. Free email technical support; phone support is available for $1.95 per minute.

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