FastNet Internet Accelerator for the I Got Mail Internet service is Web Compression Software (up to 5 times your dial-up speed) that works with your Internet Browser as well as web-based e-mail.

I Got Mail's FastNet Accelerator provides you with near Broadband (Cable or DSL) speeds over an ordinary modem connection. Our FastNet software runs in the background and compresses and accelerates your web page surfing seamlessly. It has a built-in statistics page to show you exactly how much faster you are surfing the net.

How it works in plain english:

FastNet's Data Compression and Image Optimization - Before the text and graphics that make up Web pages get sent to you over your phone line, FastNet compresses them using a proprietary technology. Less data is sent so the download of pages and your surfing experience are that much faster!

FastNet's Memory Enhancement - In addition, FastNet also uses caching technology to stores elements of the Web sites you visit frequently so you do not have to re-download them every time you visit these sites. So in addition to an immediate boost, your surfing will get even faster as you continue to use FastNet.

FastNet's Continuous Optimization - FastNet continuously optimizes the communication between your system's modem and our network while you are online. That means that is always working to shorten the amount of time it takes to connect you to the sites you visit.

How it works in technical terms:

FastNet's compression solutions use a relatively new source coding theory to construct on-line, tuneable, context-dependent compression algorithms. Instead of compressing the original objects, FastNet's solutions compress the numerical set of rules. To achieve on-line compression, the solutions have an engine to construct these rules dynamically and then encode these rules on the fly as web data flows in. The end results are efficient compression, fast sequential encoding and decoding, and small memory usage - all these are important and desirable factors in on-line compression for transmission.

Since the set of rules is dynamic, when the structure of web text data objects is changed, the corresponding rules will be updated; similarly, when the content of web objects is updated, the corresponding rules will be updated accordingly. This unique feature fits very well with the world of web pages, where the content of web objects is updated constantly and on the other hand, the structure of web objects remains approximately constant and changes infrequently. This unique feature of our solutions enables FastNet to achieve astonishing on-line, tuneable compression.

The exact amount of acceleration can vary but with FastNet you will notice a significantly faster experience when you visit Web sites, read your e-mail on the Web, and perform many other Web-based activities.

Requirements:

FastNet currently supports Windows 95/98/ME/2000, Windows NT 4, and Windows XP as well as Mac OS X.

The minimum system requirements to run FastNet are:

• 90 MHz Pentium processor with 64 MB of RAM


• 28.8k modem


• 12 MB of free disk space


• Internet Explorer v 4.0 (The current version is 6.0 You can download the latest version FREE from Microsoft)
• Netscape v 4.0 (The current version is 7.1 You can download the latest version FREE from Netscape)

We recommend:

• Pentium III processor with 128 MB of RAM or higher


• Windows 98 or higher


• 56K modem


• At least 20 MB of free disk space


• Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher

FastNet does NOT support the following operating systems: Macintosh, Windows 3.11 or earlier, Windows CE, Palm OS, Sega Dreamcast, Sony Playstation 2, Microsoft X-Box, Web TV, Unix/Linux for PC/Mac, and Mobile Phone Web.

FastNet only supports Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or higher or Netscape version 4.0 or higher at this time.
(The current version or IE is 6.0 You can download the latest version FREE from Microsoft)
(The current version or Netscape is 7.1 You can download the latest version FREE from Netscape)
FastNet versions will support ALL browsers as well as Mac OSX.

Typical savings:

FastNet is only $3.00/month extra. It would be added to your current monthly fee for Internet service and the billing cycle for FastNet would coincide with your I Got Mail service. If you would like to activate FastNet on your current I Got Mail account, please contact us at... GoFast@IGotMail.net