Turbo
Dial-Up (California Network)
- FAQs (Frequently Asked
Questions) -
This section answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about using and installing the Turbo Dial-Up end-user software program. The software program, called "SlipStream Web Accelerator" is provided to TFBnet by SlipStream Data.
1. Overview of SlipStream Web Accelerator
2. Download and Installation Help
3. Using SlipStream Web Accelerator
4. Product Details
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1. Overview of SlipStream Web Accelerator
SlipStream accelerates your Internet access through proprietary text and image compression, content caching and other network optimizations.
If you have a slow Internet connection (such as a dial-up or wireless connection) with bandwidth of less than 300Kbps, you will experience a significant degree of acceleration using SlipStream.
SlipStream Web Accelerator significantly speeds up web page access. To achieve this speed up, proprietary lossless compression is applied to text, html, xml, javascript and style sheets. Proprietary image compression is applied to gif images, jpeg images and Flash content.
SlipStream also accelerates email traffic (POP3 and SMTP) using lossless compression.
SlipStream does NOT speed up file downloads (over FTP or file sharing programs), streaming audio/video and HTTPS (secure web sites).
2. Download and Installation Help
Click here to download the latest version of the Turbo Dial-Up end-user software program SlipStream Web Accelerator.
Click here for detailed installation instructions. A full set of screenshots are provided to assist you with the installation procedure.
It you are still experiencing problems installing, contact TFBnet technical support at 888-211-1674.
3. Using SlipStream Web Accelerator
SlipStream Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time Windows starts. You do not have to launch it manually.
A SlipStream Web Accelerator icon appears in the Windows system tray to show that it is operating in the background.
Click here to consult the product guide for more information.
Right-clicking on an image within Internet Explorer and selecting "Show Original Image" allows you to view the original image. Selecting "Show All Original Images" allows you to view all original images on the entire web page.
Click here to consult the product guide for more information.
Right-click on the SlipStream Web Accelerator taskbar icon and select "Settings". Select the "Image Quality" tab. Adjust the slider bar to the desired image quality setting. Press OK to save the changes.
Click here to consult the product guide for more information.
Click here to consult the product guide for more information.
4. Product Details
Internet Explorer is automatically configured to use SlipStream Web Accelerator. Use Internet Explorer as you normally would.
Netscape Navigator is automatically configured to use SlipStream Web Accelerator. Use Netscape as you normally would.
For other browsers such as Opera and Mozilla, SlipStream Web Accelerator works with any web browser that allows you to specify an HTTP proxy. You must set the HTTP proxy host to be "127.0.0.1" and the port number to be the local listening port of the SlipStream Client (5400 by default). Consult your browser's documentation for information on how this can be done.
Yes, SlipStream automatically accelerates your email traffic (POP3 and SMTP) for all popular email clients such as Eudora, Outlook, Outlook Express and Netscape Mail. Other email clients should work transparently as well.
First, consult the SlipStream Web Accelerator Product Guide.
Secondly, try our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section (this page).
Next, try the Troubleshooting section.
If you are still unable to resolve your problem then contact TFBnet technical support at 888-211-1674.
Click here to view the Product Guide.
SlipStream Web Accelerator does not accelerate secure transactions. Secure web sites will continue to work by bypassing the acceleration component.
SlipStream Web Accelerator can be installed on any of the following operating systems:
SlipStream Web Accelerator requires at least Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape 4.0 or any later version of either browser.
Note that the SlipStream Email Acceleration component requires Windows 98 and above, and that the SlipStream Pop-up Blocker component requires Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.
Newer versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer are available free of charge through Microsoft.
For Windows 95 users: Currently, Microsoft does not permit Windows 95 users to install Internet Explorer 6 or greater, however, Internet Explorer 5.5 is available.
The recommended system requirements for SlipStream Web Accelerator are a Pentium 200MHz with 64MB of RAM and at least 5MB of hard-disk space.
Regardless, SlipStream Web Accelerator will work within your current system configuration to provide you with the best content acceleration.