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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is accessBee High Speed?
A: accessBee High Speed is an exciting new service that dramatically
increases the speed of web content delivery over
a traditional dial-up connection, giving users the
ability to surf the Internet 2 to 3 times
faster.
Q: How does accessBee High Speed work?
A: accessBee High Speed is an intelligent, web browser-based
(Internet Explorer, Netscape, Etc.) web site content acceleration application
that more than doubles the speed of web content delivery over a dial-up
connection by reshaping, reformatting, compressing, and caching content.
accessBee High Speed offers a near-broadband experience over a traditional
dial-up connection.
Q: Do I need any new hardware or software to support accessBee High Speed?
A: No, there is no additional equipment or software
required.
Q: How do accessBee High Speed speeds compare to traditional dial-up speeds?
A: In tests against standard dial-up, accessBee High Speed
more than doubled the speed of web content delivery
over a traditional dial-up connection, enabling accessBee High Speed users to load web content 2 to 3 times faster.
Different content types
are optimized at different levels.
| Data Type |
Average Performance Gain |
| Normal, web pages (HTML) |
Up To 20xs faster |
| GIF Images |
1.54x |
| PNG Images |
1.54x |
| Java Script |
Up To 20x |
| XML |
2x |
| Text |
Up To 20x |
| Flash |
Up To 1.25x |
Q: Who is best suited to benefit from using accessBee High Speed?
A: accessBee High Speed is an excellent solution for accessBee
users who spend a lot of time surfing the Internet and do not want to
pay for expensive broadband access technologies, such as DSL, cable,
or wireless, or live in an area where
broadband is not available.
Q: Is accessBee High Speed available to all accessBee customers?
A: To date it looks as if 99% of our users, statewide
can use the service. The network is expanded up daily.
Q: How does accessBee High Speed compare to V.92 benefits?
A: accessBee High Speed provides compression at higher speeds
and for a wider variety of file types than V.92; however, combining
V.92 with accessBee High Speed may offer end-users additional features, including
Modem On-Hold and Quick Connect, depending on modem capabilities that
can be accessed on those manufacturer web sites.
Q: What is “Object Level Caching”?
A: Caching software remembers and stores the web pages
that an end-user loads. The end-user’s browser then accesses
the pages from the temporary storage area, rather than the web server,
which delivers the web content to the end-user faster, as the pages
don’t need to be reloaded from the web each time. accessBee accessBee High Speed uses intelligent caching, which ensures that the stored or
cached web pages are current.
Q: Does accessBee accessBee High Speed increase my connection speed?
A: accessBee High Speed increases the speed of web content
delivery by utilizing existing bandwidth more efficiently. While a
56 Kbps connection is still a 56 Kbps
connection, by intelligently shaping requested web
content, accessBee High Speed
enables your browser to load it 2 to 3 times faster.
Q: What does it cost?
A: Please call customer service for current pricing
For more information, call accessBee Customer Service at numbers listed
at the top left of this page.
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