“Turbo Accelerator” (i.e. TURBO) speeds up Internet Browsing over a dial-up connection up to 5 to 6 times. TURBO is an optional, add-on service priced at $4.95 per month.
If you ARE an existing dial-up customer, you can add TURBO now by downloading and running the TURBO Installer. **CLICK HERE**
If you ARE NOT an existing dial-up customer, you can order TURBO at the same time you sign up for our dial-up internet service. Use the Sign-Up selection in the menu at the left of this screen to sign up when you are ready.
TURBO is our software service that dramatically increases web browsing speeds without using special equipment, hardware or additional telephone services. TURBO is available now through our NationWide Internet Service. Some of the ways TURBO improves your browing performance are…..
TURBO uses patent-pending technology and innovative optimization techniques to provide up to 325kbps speed over a single dial-up line. This is comparable to low-end DSL services costing $26.99/month and HIGHER. Many competitive products only tweak Windows settings and/or cache frequently-visited pages to speed up browser performance. TURBO does more! It speeds up all browsing activities (e.g. web surfing, web-based e-mail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, web-based file transfers, & others).
TURBO delivers a speed increase immediately upon first use and becomes continually faster the more it is used. TURBO's SmartHost™ feature learns your browsing habits and creates a custom profile that enables TURBO to deliver frequently-visited sites at greatly enhanced speeds.
Once you establish your Internet connection in the normal way, TURBO maps the connection between your PC and the TURBO network. Subsequent requests for web pages use this map to instantly traverse through the same route. This eliminates (or greatly reduces) the intensive and repetitive process of establishing and terminating links – the traditional way internet browsing is done.
TURBO also uses multiple innovative compression technology to deliver text and graphics more efficiently. These techniques significantly decrease the size of the files being downloaded so they arrive much quicker.
TURBO maintains
a cache in your computer that is synchronized with a cache at the TURBO
Data Center. By comparing these synchronized
caches, TURBO
avoids redundant downloading of files that have not
changed. The speed improvement is dramatic! You will notice the difference
in download speed of a page on the first visit versus the download speed on
subsequent visits.
TURBO Automatically
Recovers from dropped connections
and allows downloads in progress when the line dropped to resume without starting
over. The previous download picks up where it left off and only needs to download
the remaining data.
TURBO provides an Ad Blocking feature that eliminates intrusive ads, banners, and other similar pop-ups. These are a huge nuisance! They not only waste valuable bandwidth, they even slow you down in other ways. In addition to being forced to close them, many advertisements come from underpowered, overwhelmed, ad-specific servers and arrive much more slowly than the web content you requested. In this case, you are forced to wait for advertising material you didn’t request and don’t even want!
TURBO includes an Ultra-Secure Firewall to protect your computer from unauthorized access. It incorporates a “Stealth Mode” that makes your computer invisible to attempted break-ins by hackers and other intruders up to no good.
TURBO provides Enhanced Parental Controls that support both "White Lists" and" Black Lists". As an example, you can create a "white" list of all sites you will allow your children to visit. Alternatively, you can create a "black" list of restricted sites that your children will be unable to access.
You can install TURBO by simply downloading and running the TURBO installer. This program installs the TURBO software on your computer and walks you through the TURBO signup and authorization process. It takes only a few minutes to be up and running at TURBO speed.
Maintenance of TURBO is even simpler .....because TURBO Updates Itself! When you start TURBO, it will check to see if any updates or new features are available. If so, you can choose to upgrade immediately or do it at a later time. Updates include only components that have changed, so they are completed quickly. TURBO is always current.
For laptop users, TURBO gives you Portable Broadband Connections – everywhere! Turbo works anywhere there’s a telephone, cellular phone or wireless connection. Now you can enjoy high-speed Internet access from work, home, on the road, or even on vacation. Remember, you can take your laptop on the road, but you can’t take your DSL or Cable wiring with you!
…..And finally, TURBO
tweaks your computer and Windows settings for maximum performance.