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![]() On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 19:10:56 +0100, Ronald Jones wrote: I have got Netsonic installed which does not seem to speed things along much I noticed in the current edition of computer active (issue 169 ) a write up of ONSPEED www.onspeed.com which they give ***** rating It costs £24 PA and is said to "make browsing much faster" Has anyone used or has a friend that uses either of these programmes or would like to comment if these add-ons are worthwhile Regards Save your money, in general it's all bull****. Like the penis enlargement courses, none of them work and I have tried them all, some of us are cursed with 16inches and that's all we're going to ghet. SUPPORT ISRAEL Myths & Facts Online A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict By Mitchell G. Bard http://tinyurl.com/ysepr +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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![]() SUPPORT ISRAEL I`d rather not thanks, they shoot children -- Please add "[newsgroup]" in the subject of any personal replies via email --- My new email address has "ngspamtrap" & @btinternet.com in it ;-) --- |
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![]() Well, for general Internet purposes such as browsing and mail it is definitely worthwhile if you feel that broadband is too expensive. ONSPEED uses various techniques the principal one being compression on the fly which means that websites get sent to your connection at a fifth of the size and hence is much faster. So depending on what you use the Internet for, ONSPEED is a definite alternative to broadband. "Colin Wilson" wrote in message t... SUPPORT ISRAEL I`d rather not thanks, they shoot children -- Please add "[newsgroup]" in the subject of any personal replies via email --- My new email address has "ngspamtrap" & @btinternet.com in it ;-) --- |
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![]() On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 17:24:18 +0100, "ONSPEED CS \(JL\)" wrote: uses various techniques the principal one being compression on the fly which means that websites get sent to your connection at a fifth of the size and hence is much faster. How pray tell does it do that on IMGs without causing Claude Shannon to spin in his grave. greg -- Konnt ihr mich horen? Konnt ihr mich sehen? Konnt ihr mich fuhlen? Ich versteh euch nicht |
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![]() On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 23:05:51 +0100, David J Rainey wrote: (rural copper lines, running past 10km worth of electric fences, bzzt!) That would make for an interesting service pack download LOL. greg -- Konnt ihr mich horen? Konnt ihr mich sehen? Konnt ihr mich fuhlen? Ich versteh euch nicht |
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![]() On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:12:11 +0100, David J Rainey wrote: In article , says... That would make for an interesting service pack download LOL. So, three cheers for the monthly Cover CD on NZ PC World! Don't cheer too loudly or you'll wake Bill Gates - service packs were banned from cover disks in the UK some months ago and show no signs of returning :-(( -- Jeff Gaines - Damerham Hampshire UK Please reply to Newsgroup. |
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![]() Jeff Gaines wrote in : On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:12:11 +0100, David J Rainey wrote: In article , says... That would make for an interesting service pack download LOL. So, three cheers for the monthly Cover CD on NZ PC World! Don't cheer too loudly or you'll wake Bill Gates - service packs were banned from cover disks in the UK some months ago and show no signs of returning :-(( You can get MS to send you one for free. -- Phil Kyle esq. http://philkyle2003.reachme.at/ "That's not cheese, it's the product of an unwashed foreskin." - Craig "I like cheese" Oldfield |
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Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Can't get BB But is Onspeed or Netsonic worthwhile | Ronald Jones | uk.telecom.broadband (UK broadband) | 5 | August 9th 04 05:08 PM |
Worthwhile applying for 1MB at 3.5km? | Iwan Davies | uk.telecom.broadband (UK broadband) | 17 | July 22nd 04 09:56 AM |
Onspeed | Lou Rolls | uk.telecom.broadband (UK broadband) | 7 | February 15th 04 05:25 AM |