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About Propel Accelerator
 Propel Accelerator addresses one of the most common frustrations for consumers surfing the web over a low-speed connection - lack of speed. Propel Accelerator speeds up web browsing by an average of 3-5 times, allowing users to finally enjoy web browsing via dial-up and other low-speed Internet connections.
If you are just too far away from a CO to ever get DSL, Propel is the solution for you.
- Propel is the fastest accelerator on the market
- In addition to web acceleration, Propel offers in-page ad blocking, pop up blocking, bi-directional email and email attachment acceleration, and download acceleration.
- Propel is now FREE with Crocker Dial Up Internet access.
How Propel Accelerator Works
Propel Accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages in three ways:
- Compression. Propel 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. Propel intelligently retains and re-uses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your computer. That's why the longer Propel Accelerator is in use on your computer, the faster your Web pages will load.
- Persistent Connections. Propel 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 Propel Accelerator. These numbers were obtained using the Propel Accelerator Performance Test Tool.
| Popular Web Sites |
*Before Propel® |
*With Propel® |
How much Faster
with Propel? |
| 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! |
*Average time calculated based on loading the home page. First time visit to a Web page loads on average 2 times faster. Subsequent visits to the page load, on average, 3 times faster. |
Are you ready to install Propel?
Click the button below to get started. You'll need to log in with your user name and password. You'll then go to the Download and Instructions pages. Once your install is complete, there's a quick tour you can take to view some of the highlights of Propel.
If you have any questions or problems with your download, please contact Crocker Customer Care.
Phone support hours:
Mon-Fri, 8am-8pm
413-475-1000 / 413-387-1000 / 413-654-1000
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