Do You Use Google Web Accelerator?, Official OCC Poll #33 |
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Do You Use Google Web Accelerator?, Official OCC Poll #33 |
 May 16 2005, 05:01 AM
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 Mac User  Posts: 9,060 Joined: 4-April 02 From: Knoxville, TN Member No.: 717  |
Google always seams to be a popular topic here at OCC, especially when reflecting back on some of the past polls.
 I figured this week, I'd ask something based on Google's last product, the Google Web Accelerator (GWA).Let us know if you use it, used it, or didn't even give it a try. I'd like to know what your thoughts are on it, your experiences, and what you think about the issues that have been reported about GWA. -------------------- |
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May 16 2005, 05:05 AM
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 e = MC Hammer Posts: 5,897 Joined: 21-February 04 From: Southampton, UK Member No.: 8,605 |
I didn't feel I really needed to try it out, I'm happy with the speed of my internet as it is at the moment. I might try it when the download is available again, but I'm not sure, what with all the stuff which has been said about it.
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May 16 2005, 05:12 AM
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 im in ur fieldz, hooverin ur swardz  Posts: 2,100 Joined: 2-May 04 From: So. Kent CT USA Member No.: 9,889 |
I downloaded it and couldn't get it to install. Or maybe it installed itself and I didn't notice a difference. Either way, I'm not unhappy with my speed now, and am trying to avoid unnecessary clutter anyway, so it's gone.
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May 16 2005, 05:41 AM
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 o/cing since p166mmx Posts: 896 Joined: 13-April 04 From: monterey,ca Member No.: 9,563 |
i like google and their products but do web accelerators actually DO anything, it cant make my dsl faster
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May 16 2005, 05:43 AM
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 omg! ill get the burgers we're having a OMGWTFBBQ!&a Posts: 616 Joined: 1-May 05 Member No.: 16,139 |
I tried it but after i heard that it was caching some unwanted stuff i uninstalled it. It was only released thursday and they've already pulled the download from their site.
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May 16 2005, 09:15 AM
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 Will Fold 4 Food Posts: 6,108 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039 |
I didn't see any need to try it - my cable service is pretty speedy. I was using acceleration software when I was on dialup and found it corrupted the F@H WUs on download, so I also didn't want to run into the same problem again.
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May 16 2005, 11:29 AM
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 ZOCOM Posts: 3,594 Joined: 21-October 04 Member No.: 13,060 |
Really don t see a need for it for me.
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May 16 2005, 01:46 PM
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 Copping steeze Posts: 4,973 Joined: 20-November 03 From: Canada- Markham Member No.: 6,931 |
Tried it, found it pretty useless, uninstall
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May 16 2005, 01:58 PM
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 I'm your Huckleberry Posts: 2,572 Joined: 8-January 05 Member No.: 14,548 |
Currently using it - not real noticable difference, but according to brandwidth tests it gave my 1.5mbs connection about 300kbs more to its rated speed -it was only at about 1200kps before
. According to the counter i've saved 6.1 minutes of loading so far by using it since the day it came out . Havent had any problems with logins or forums or anything(using firefox if you wanna know), and its so small it doesnt hurt to stay even if it didnt do anything 
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May 16 2005, 02:00 PM
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WTF Mate?! Posts: 1,012 Joined: 16-July 03 Member No.: 5,010 |
I had it and didn't notice much of a difference. Then after security was brough up I decided I really didn't need those extra 2 seconds...
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May 16 2005, 02:43 PM
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 Geek Posts: 721 Joined: 22-July 04 From: Southern Cali Member No.: 11,259 |
since the day that it was posted on the OCC news to today, I saved around 30min. I mean not a huge difference. But i could see it loads pages faster. Since i set my internet setting to empty temp. internet folder each time i close my browser. so yea.
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May 16 2005, 05:05 PM
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 member title exceeds member title character limit Posts: 12,493 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 5,758 |
QUOTE(jammin @ May 16 2005, 09:05 AM) I didn't feel I really needed to try it out, I'm happy with the speed of my internet as it is at the moment. I might try it when the download is available again, but I'm not sure, what with all the stuff which has been said about it. [right][snapback]478129[/snapback][/right] i never heard of it until now, but I'm with jammin...I don't bother with web accelerators because I have optimum which is known to be one of the fastest cable providers out there. I can happily surf the web while my father and bro are doing so on their computers and while I'm downloading AND uploading with bitcomet. No need for an accelerator. -------------------- THE CLAY COMPENDIUM  - Xfire - GameSpot - Steam - Kongregate - last.fm - Yahoo! Answers - F@H - Bux.to - - Abit IP35 Pro - Q6600 - Palit GTX 260 - 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 -   ::: DIGG OCC! ::: OCC Gaming ::: OCC Xfire Clan ::: OCC Steam Community Group ::: OCC Rules ::: CES 2009 ::: |
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