Locall Fast Dial Accelerator

Are you tired of large webpages taking several minutes to load on your screen? Sick of having to make coffee while your email downloads? You don't have to wait any longer!

Locall Australis has now introduced the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator.

The Locall Fast Dial Accelerator will speed up browsing the Internet and downloading emails on your Dial-up Internet connection by 5 times on average and up to 19 times over a standard dial-up connection! (Image quality may vary)

That's right - Locall High Speed Dial-up access 5 times faster on average and up to 19 TIMES FASTER!

We achieve this by compressing graphics and certain blocks of data that you are trying to view, and then sending the compressed information to your computer. This is performed in the background by the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator software and the result is a faster loading Internet experience (image quality may vary depending on the settings used).

Price - $3.75 p/m (in addition to your regular dial-up internet plan)

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frequently asked questions

Locall has compiled together the most Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact our sales team on 1800 288871.

Q. What is the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator?

The Locall Fast Dial Accelerator is software that works with your Locall Dial-up Service that can greatly increase the speed of Web browsing and email. It does this by compressing the images and text you are downloading before sending them to your computer.

Q. How fast is the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator?

The Locall Fast Dial Accelerator can increase the speeds of browsing via your dial-up connection by 5 times faster on average and up to 19 times faster. The main speed increases involve delivering a usable web page faster than standard dial-up. One of the reasons a usable web page is delivered to you faster is because images on the web page are compressed. Although when the page first loads the image quality may be low, the image will be progressively improved (unless you are using the maximum compression setting). The actual improvement in browsing speed will depend on a number of factors, including your computer, the compression setting you use, and the web site you are accessing.

Q. How can i get the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator?

Existing Locall customers can get the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator for just $3.75 per month. To order the service go to our online order page.

Q. Which Internet users should use the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator?

Any Locall Dial-up user who wants to increase the speed of browsing the Internet and downloading emails should consider using the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator.

Q. Will the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator work with my firewall and anti-virus program?

Yes. You may however need to adjust a few settings inside the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator to make sure it's configured correctly.

Q. What are the system requirements for the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator?

The minimum system requirements for Windows are:

Pentium 3 600MHz with 128MB RAM
At least 20MB hard drive space
Operating System: Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP
At least Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 8.0, or any later releases of either

Q. How do I uninstall the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator?

Windows
Enter your Control Panel from the Start Menu.
Select Add/Remove Programs and then click Uninstall on the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator.

This will not cancel your Locall Fast Dial Accelerator subscription with Locall. You will also need to contact our Customer Service Centre on 1800 288871 and ask to have the service removed.

Q. I have activated the service but my Internet connection doesn't appear any quicker?

Once the service has been activated you must download and install the software component of the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator. The software will be made available to you for download once you have ordered the service. Once installed you need to enter your Locall Username and Password associated with the service.

Q. A specific website does not load properly when the Accelerator client is enabled, why?

The website may be incompatible with the Popup-blocker component, or the Accelerator itself.

A. Disable "Block Floating Flash-ads" in the Accelerator's 'Pop-up Blocker' settings.
B. If ‘A’ does not resolve the problem, add the website to the Pop-up Blocker white list.
C. If ‘B’ does not resolve the problem, add the website to the 'Proxy-Exclusion' list.

Q. What web browsers work with the Locall Fast Dial Accelerator?

Starting from version 4.0 and later, the Accelerator client is fully integrated with the following web browsers:

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 and later
Firefox 1.0 and later
Mozilla 1.7.3 and later
Netscape 8.0 and later
Opera 8.0 and later

These web browsers automatically update their proxy settings to match changes made by the Accelerator client. The “Show Original Image” and “Show All Original Images” options should be available in the right-click menu.

Q. McAfee Firewall Error?
(McAfee Internet Security Suite and the Accelerator crash if the Accelerator is installed first!)

This issue appears on Windows 98/ME. The McAfee Internet Security Suite installs an LSP which conflicts with others. This LSP will be reinstalled even if it is removed; the McAfee Internet Security Suite checks its state at Windows startup and re-installs the LSP if required. Although the Privacy Service is the component (of the McAfee Internet Security Suite) causing the conflict. The error messages generated can point to other components such as McAfee Personal Firewall Plus.

Solution:
1. Reinstall both applications in an appopriate sequence:
a) Uninstall both the Accelerator and the McAfee Internet Security Suite.
b) Reboot.
c) Reinstall the McAfee Internet Security Suite, reboot if prompted.
d) Reinstall the Accelerator, reboot if prompted.

2. Uninstall the email and FTP acceleration component of the Accelerator:
a) Exit the Accelerator.
b) Run “Command Prompt”, browse to the default directory of the Accelerator
c) Type “instlsp –u –s”.

Please note that the above methods prevent the LSP conflict by not installing the email and FTP acceleration component. If the user prefers to keep the email and FTP acceleration over McAfee’s Privacy Service, please follow this procedure:

3. Uncheck “Privacy Service” during the installation of the McAfee Internet Security Suite:
a) Uninstall both the Accelerator and the McAfee Internet Security Suite, reboot if prompted.
b) Reinstall the McAfee Internet Security Suite. Make sure to uncheck the “Privacy Service” option.
c) Reboot if prompted.
d) Reinstall the Accelerator, reboot if prompted.

Q. How do I enable Norton Internet Security 2004 to work with the Accelerator client?

Norton does not scan on port 5400, which is used by the Accelerator client to proxy HTTP traffic. Warning - These changes will fix this issue. However, the solution is not supported by the Accelerator client since it involves making changes to another application. Click on Options for Norton Internet Security (NIS). Then, select the Firewalls Tab. In the HTTP port list, click on Add. Enter the Accelerator client local listening port number (default 5400, or whatever has been set by your ISP). Click OK to accept the changes. NIS2004 will now scan the traffic passing through the Accelerator client.

Q. I am using Zone Alarm 5.0 and I am experiecing issues, what can I do?

There is a knock software conflict with Zone Alarm v5.0. Running Zone Alarm 5 with the Accelerator client will cause Windows XP to freeze when you try to visit websites and users won't be able to run programs, open folders, or use the task manager. The only way to terminate this state is to turn off the power and then restart.

1. Upgrade Zone Alarm to version 5.1.
2. Downgrade Zone Alarm to version 4.5 from v5.0

Before the release of Zone Alarm version 5.1, it was recommended (on their forum) to fully uninstall Zone Alarm v 5 and reinstall Zone Alarm v 4.5 if any system crash or software conflict happened. Version 5.1 is available after July 29, 2004. It has been verified that the Accelerator client works fine with both Zone Alarm v 4.5 and v5.1.

Q. Why do my Photo's look distorted?

This is adjustable within the Accelerator client settings. Right click Locall Fast Dial Accelerator, then click settings and slide the bar to the right to improve image quality.