We have tested BrowseFast
to download files. We have surfed Yahoo and Netscape and our
results show a 33% improvement. Here's a description of the hardware
we used and the results:
| Modem Speed(K/sec) | 28.8 |
| ISDN Line Speed | 0 |
| Processor Speed(MHz) | 133 |
| Memory(Mb) | 32 |
| Windows 3.1 | N |
| Windows 3.1 with Win 32s | Y |
| Windows 95 | N |
| Netscape Version | 1.21 |
| Day of Week | Saturday |
| Time | 17:25 |
| Morning/Evening | PM |
| Date | 04/26/96 |
| Home or Office | Home |
| If Office, Attached to a LAN | No |
| Your email Address(required if you want a free copy) | yourname@yourIP.com |
| Your City(optional) | Redwood City |
| Your State(optional) | CA |
| Your Zip(Please provide) | 94061-1024 |
| Internet Provider | netcom.com |
| Action | Normal | BrowseFast |
| Total Elapsed Time | 8:52 | 5:47 |
| Download | 5:00 | 5:47 |
| Transfer Rate | 0.5K/sec | 0.4K/sec. |
| Clear Netscape Cache | N/A | N/A |
| Find Yahoo entry | 1:34 | 1:50 |
| From ZDNet to Yahoo | 0:04 | 0:06 |
| Arts | 0:09 | 0:05 |
| Directory | 0:09` | 0:11 |
| Ceramics | 0:09 | 0:09 |
| Ceramica OnLine | 1:03 | 1:19 |
| Find Netscape entry | 2:18 | 2:33 |
| From Yahoo to Netscape | 0:29 | 0:43 |
| Company and Products | 0:24 | 0:33 |
| Netscape Products | 0:20 | 0:16 |
| Navigator 2.0 | 0:32 | 0:33 |
| 0:33 | 0:28 | |
| % of Download complete after Find Yahoo and Find Netscape. 100% if totally finished | N/A | 78%*
This means that 1.1 minutes remained for more surfing |