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Download Sonic.net Accelerator for Mac OS X
Load web pages at up to 5x normal speeds with Banner and Pop-up blocking at no extra charge! All it takes is one quick download and a simple installation of the Sonic.net Accelerator software.
| Sonic.net Accelerator improves your browsing experience by dramatically accelerating the delivery of Web pages to your PC. Our unique combination of intelligent browser caching, compression technology, and edge caching enables Web pages to be delivered to your browser with minimal latency at maximum speeds over your existing dial-up connection. As a result, you can expect a very noticeable improvement in response time. | Resources
Frequently Asked Questions (Win | Mac) Settings Screenshots (Win | Mac) Firewall Information 3rd Party Software Compatibility Requirements Basic Internet Service Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP Macintosh OS X 10.2 or later |
Methods of Acceleration
Sonic.net Accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages in three ways:- Compression. Sonic.net Accelerator delivers text and graphics more efficiently,
using a patent-pending compression technology that allows for intelligent
encoding of Web pages and page elements sent to your browser.
- Caching. Sonic.net Accelerator intelligently retains and re-uses Web pages and page
elements that have previously been sent to your PC. That's why the longer
Sonic.net Accelerator is in use on your PC, the faster your Web pages
will load.
- Persistent Connections. Sonic.net Accelerator uses proprietary techniques to carefully manage and optimize the communication between your modem and our servers using a persistent connection.
The table below shows some popular Web site pages and the range of acceleration you should expect to see from Sonic.net Accelerator. These numbers were obtained using the Sonic.net Accelerator Performance Test Tool.
| Popular Web Sites | Before Sonic.net Accelerator | With Sonic.net Accelerator | How much Faster with Sonic.net Accelerator? |
| Ebay | 11.65 seconds | 2.97 seconds | 3.92 X faster! |
| USA Today | 32.43 seconds | 3.77 seconds | 8.60 X faster! |
| Mapquest.com | 30.56 seconds | 5.01 seconds | 6.10 X faster! |
| Monster.com | 11.74 seconds | 3.04 seconds | 3.86 X faster! |
| CNN | 11.68 seconds | 2.26 seconds | 5.17 X faster! |
