Dial-up's Stay of Execution

Propel employs much of the same techniques as BrowseBlast: compression, memory cache and advancements in maintaining a constant connection. While Propel puts more emphasis on its memory cache, BrowseBlast puts more on its compression highlights. Both are available as downloadable software and payable on a monthly basis.

Propel.com offer its services, with a yearly subscription. Propel recently announced that it will be bundling its acceleration service with the U.S. Robotics line of analog modems. Via XYZ you can purchase BrowseBlast add it to your service at a reduced rate. You can also spend a bit more, by cutting out the middleman, picking up the service at Browseblast.com. Don't you just love Internet marketing?

Ultimately, code barriers will be worked out and I imagine most of your first rate services will begin utilizing accelerators as a matter of course. It's advent creates a host of marketing opportunities and the first ISP's that make accelerators standard fare for no additional charge will steal the market, providing they can sell the public on the idea that acceleration is no longer a myth. This should not be hard to do, as people love to find a reason to hang on to their cherished dial-ups.