CalWeb's SpeedWeb Internet Accelerator
Accelerated dial-up access is here!

CalWeb is pleased to offer accelerated access for dial-up customers. After a lot of searching, we think we've found the best product, and at a reasonable cost to our customers — several dollars below what the competition charges for the same service!

Our tests have shown us that this accelerator improves the speed of web surfing by compressing data between 5 to 10 times more than a normal connection, achieving nearly DSL-like surfing on a regular dialup! What’s more, setup and use is incredibly simple and it allows for automatic updates when there is a new version available. SpeedWeb can also block the annoying pop-up ads as well as speed up mail transfer.

Sign Up Today and surf up to 500% faster!
Try it out for a month for just $1. If you like it, continue to use SpeedWeb for just $3 per month.

• How does the compression software work?
• What's the trick behind the graphics compression?
• What cannot be compressed by SpeedWeb?
• How do I activate SpeedWeb?
• Will it work with my web browser?
• What are the system requirements?
• Where can I find more help?

The most common things that are transferred to your computer while you browse the web is text and graphics. SpeedWeb works with your web browser's cache to speed up transfer by using lossless compression on text, html, xml, javascript, and style sheets that are used on a web page. Proprietary image compression is applied to gif images, jpeg images and Flash content. In addition, SlipStream also accelerates e-mail traffic (POP3 and SMTP) using lossless compression.

The statistics on the right are statistics from an actual SpeedWeb session using SpeedWeb's default settings. During the session, the technician used Internet Explorer 6 running under Windows XP and Outlook Express 6 using a regular dial-up modem. The technician downloaded mail, and visited several web-based message boards, news sites, an on-line retailer to order a DVD, and used a search engine. As you can see, the technician achieved a 9 times saving ratio. The chart can be broken down as follows:

• Text-based - This row contains compression information regarding text-based content.
• Graphics - This row contains compression information regarding graphical content such as pictures and illustrations.
• Others - This row contains information regarding content that is neither text nor graphical.
• Upstream - This row lists the total original and compressed amounts of data uploaded to CalWeb, such as clicking on a link on a web page or filling out a on-line form.

Your usage may vary, but the more you use SpeedWeb, the better the ratio gets. You can access the statistics by right-clicking on the SpeedWeb icon and selecting Statistics.

If you are using Internet Explorer and want to see a picture without any compression applied (such as a news story photograph or picture from NASA), you can right click on the image and selecting Show Original Image. The image will then be re-downloaded without any SpeedWeb compression applied. Selecting Show All Original Images will reload all of the graphics on a page.

1. Sign up for the SpeedWeb service online. This will also allow you to verify your user name and password.
2. Download the SpeedWeb software for Windows or Macintosh OSX to the desktop. Once the download is complete, double-click on the icon to install the software on your computer.
3. Change your dial-up access number to the SpeedWeb number. This is a number that ends in -1856.
4. The first time you run SpeedWeb, you will need to enter in your CalWeb login name (i.e. joeuser, no @calweb.com) and password.

SpeedWeb will then be active, and you will see the icon in your system tray by the clock. On some Windows platforms a bubble icon will appear when the SlipStream Service has been established. On all other Windows platforms, you can verify that SlipStream Service has been established by hovering over the SlipStream tray icon (you should see a "SlipStream Service Enabled..." message). You will also notice the SlipStream icon blinking. SpeedWeb will also automatically load when you start up your computer.

Detailed install instructions for Windows and Macintosh are also available.

If you are using MyIE2, you will needs to click on Options, then Proxy, then Use IE Proxy. For other browsers such as Opera and Mozilla, you must set the HTTP proxy host to be 127.0.0.1 and the port number to be the local listening port of the SlipStream Client (5400 by default). Consult your browser's documentation for information on how this can be done.

• Windows 95 with Winsock 2 installed (You can download it here.)
  Note: E-mail acceleration will not be available under Windows 95. In addition, Internet Explorer 6 and later will not run under Windows 95, however, you can order a CD with Internet Explorer 5. Please contact our technical support.
• Windows 98 and Windows 98 Special Edition
• Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME)
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP

Pop-up ad blocking requires that you are using Internet Explorer 5 or later. Internet Explorer 6 can be downloaded from Microsoft's site.

Download SpeedWeb for Windows.

Macintosh
The minimum system requirements are a PowerPC G3 processor at 333MHz with 128MB RAM and 6MB of hard drive space. SpeedWeb works with OS X 10.2 or later and Safari 1.0 and later or Internet Explorer 4 and later. Previous versions of the Macintosh operating system (OS 8, OS 9) are not supported.

Download SpeedWeb for Macintosh.

• Detailed Installation Instructions
  • Windows
  • Macintosh
• Dial-Up Access Numbers
  • Sacramento Area
  • San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose
  • Los Angeles
  • Statewide
• Changing Your Dial-Up Number
• Using SpeedWeb
• Troubleshooting Guide
• Errors List

If you have any further questions or comments, please contact the CalWeb Support Team
Last revised April 14th, 2004.