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How
fast is it?
Performance
Boost With Turbo
Dial, Web pages load
an average of 3 to 5 times
faster. The more regularly you visit specific Web sites, the better the
performance you will receive.
Here is an example of tests we ran
with and without Turbo Dial.
| Popular Web Sites |
*Before Turbo Dial |
*With Turbo Dial |
How much Faster? |
| Ebay |
11.65 seconds |
2.97 seconds |
3.92 X faster! |
| USA Today |
32.43 seconds |
3.77 seconds |
8.60 X faster! |
| Mapquest.com |
30.56 seconds |
5.01 seconds |
6.10 X faster! |
| Monster.com |
11.74 seconds |
3.04 seconds |
3.86 X faster! |
| CNN |
11.68 seconds |
2.26 seconds |
5.17 X faster! |
| *Average
time calculated based on loading the
home page. First time visit to a Web page loads on average 2 times
faster.
Subsequent visits to the page load, on average, 3 times faster. |
What
Gets Accelerated?
Most Web content will be
accelerated, but there are certain exceptions:
 What will be accelerated |
 What will *not* be accelerated |
| All
text - HTML, markup, and javascript |
Streaming
media, and audio and video files |
| Most
graphics & photos - including jpeg and gif
images |
Secure
pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms and
pages accessed over VPN |
| Most
banner ads - including animated gif images and
Macromedia Flash content |
Files
downloaded outside your browser using ftp |
| All
browser-based emails |
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| All
emails that contain images - even when read in a dedicated email
program |
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| MP3
files, executables & other files - when downloaded
from within your web browser (depending on the quality of your
connection). |
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