Propel Dial-Up Accelerator

Download the software here.
Note: When the Propel software asks for your username and password, you must enter your full email address and password.

What is Propel Internet Accelerator?
It's the fastest Web Accelerator on the market! If you surf the Internet using a dial-up connection, you are painfully aware of how slow Web pages can load. Propel Internet Accelerator is a subscription-based service that works with your existing dial-up connection, allowing you to increase your surfing speed up to 5 times. Pages that previously took almost 30 seconds to load can now be viewed in less than 7 seconds, on average.

• Blocks annoying pop-up and banner ads
• Available anywhere there is a telephone line.
• Requires NO new hardware.
• Is easy to install—a few clicks will download it to your PC
• Costs just pennies a day and gives you accelerated access to all your favorite Web sites.

How does it work?
Propel Internet Accelerator from HCTC is designed to provide maximum acceleration for the Web sites you visit regularly. So, the more you surf, the faster your favorite pages will load! Specifically, Internet Accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages four ways:

• Compression. Internet Accelerator delivers text and graphics more efficiently, using a proprietary compression technology that significantly reduces the size of Web pages and page elements sent to your browser.
• Caching. Internet Accelerator improves upon your browser's caching ability. Internet Accelerator intelligently retains and reuses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your PC. That's why the longer Internet Accelerator is in use on your PC, the faster your Web pages will load.
• Persistent Connections. Internet Accelerator uses proprietary techniques to carefully 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.
• Optional Content Filtering. Internet Accelerator lets you block unsolicited content, such as pop-up ads and in page ads, which contributes to long wait times.

How fast is it? 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 are examples of tests we ran with and without Internet Accelerator:

*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? All text, including HTML, JavaScript, and markup, as well as most graphics and photos, most banner ads (including Flash), webmail, email with images, MP3s, executables, and other files will be accelerated.

What doesn't get accelerated? Streaming media, audio, and video files, secure pages and pages accessed over VPN, and files downloaded using ftp will not be accelerated.

Block Advertisements with Optional Content Filtering

• Optional Content Filtering. Internet Accelerator lets you block unsolicited content, such as pop-up ads and in page ads, which contributes to long wait times.
• Pop-up windows. Internet Accelerator can block pop-up and pop-under windows that clutter your screen and slow down your surfing. You'll hear a noise and/or see an icon each time a pop-up has been blocked. It's easy to see a pop-up that was blocked, to allow some pop-ups to always be shown and to turn the feature on and off.
• In-page ads. Internet Accelerator can block most advertisements that appear on web pages. When an ad is blocked, it is replaced with a light gray box on the web page, to make sure that web pages maintain their intended design. You can easily view blocked ads by right clicking on the gray box. As with pop-up blocking, you can turn this feature on and off any time you like.

Will Internet Accelerator work on my PC?
Internet Accelerator has been through rigorous third-party testing* to ensure that:

• It runs on most Microsoft Windows-based PC systems, including virtually any PC purchased within the last 4 years
• It does not in any way interfere with other software or applications that you use

Please check the requirements below to make sure your PC will work successfully with Internet Accelerator. Internet Accelerator works with most Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in use today, including virtually all PCs purchased within the last 4 years.

System Requirements:

• Platforms: Windows 98/NT 4.0/2000/ME/XP (sorry, no Macintosh support yet.) Connections: Any low-speed Internet connection, including dial-up, ISDN, iDSL, DSL (under 200K), and wireless.
• Browsers: IE 5.0 or later, or Netscape 4.7 or later See special instructions for Firefox, Opera and Mozilla
• Utilities: Works with many ad blockers, popup stoppers, personal firewalls, and other utilities. For more information click here.
• Available Disk space: 25 MB (135 MB recommended)
• Total System memory (RAM): 32 MB (64 MB highly recommended)

Download Information
Version: New! 4.1.4 File size: 2.0 MB Download time: 5 - 10 minutes

* Testing by E-Testing Labs: www.etestinglabs.com