What is Covenant Promotions FASTNET?

FASTNET Accelerator speeds up your Internet experience, by up to five times, using your existing dialup phone line and modem. It does not require any extra equipment. FASTNET allows you to surf at near DSL speed, making FASTNET the high-speed Internet solution with the convenience of dial-up. It is easy to install, runs seamlessly and doesn't alter any of your existing software. You can also control the amount of compression vs. speed gain yourself.

How does it work?

With traditional dialup methods, the text and graphics that make up Web pages get sent from the server to you over your phone line. Because of the large amount of data required to be sent, this process can be painfully slow. FASTNET compresses this data using a proprietary technology, and sends it over your existing dialup phone line. This compression process allows a smaller amount data to be sent – up to six times less – making the download time of your web pages and your online experience that much faster. As an added download time reducer, FASTNET stores elements of the Web sites you visit frequently so you do not have to re-download them every time you visit these sites.

What gets accelerated?
  • Web pages - HTML markup and JavaScript
  • Graphics including JPEG and GIF images
  • Text
  • E-mail on the Web

What will not be accelerated?

  • Streaming media, audio and video files

  • Secure pages, such as those used for online banking and credit card forms

  • Files and attachments such as music or digital photos.

FASTNET System Requirements

  • Dialup Internet Connection
  • Supported Internet Browser:
    IE 5+ or Netscape Navigator 4.7 +.
    Windows OS:
    Pentium PC 200MHz or better with Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP
    Available Disk space: 5 MB
  • System Memory (RAM): 64 MB of RAM recommended

 

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