Equinox is right.
These bandaids are all fine if your system isn't optimized the right way. When you get into "real" bandwidth, optimize the operating system to deal with the proper packet sizes etc. The problem is most systems are shipped optimized (if you can call it that) for dialup. Most of these so called "accelerators" are nothing but caching programs so your favorite sites (liek your Geocities website) load right quick now, ya hear?
Anyway, speeedguide.net has some very knowledgeable people and tips that will help you to squeeze your pipe for what it's worth.
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