What they are providing is some caching software that installs on your
computer. It then keeps locally on your computer some of the page
information of sites that you visit. IE does that to some degree, but not
very well. For sites you visit often, this can make them pop up much faster.
The actual speed of your connection, alas, is not improved.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> We have a local ISP that is advertising a new dial-up 
> connection that is 5 times faster than "regular" dial-up 
> connections.  I was always under the impression that the 
> connection is only as fast as your telephone line can send 
> and receive.  I know they are not going to put in new phones 
> lines for people who subscribe, so how is this possible?  Any 
> thoughts or comments on this out there?
> 
> Cindy Sanderson

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