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*Google requires the download and installation of client software while Artera Turbo is entirely network-based (no end user software component).
*Perhaps more importantly, while both offerings increase end user speed, the techniques used by Artera Turbo reduce the amount of bandwidth ISPs need to pay for (resulting in net cost savings) whereas Google tends to increase bandwidth requirements (resulting in net cost increases).
Other web accelerators such as SiteCelerate is targetted at the web site or web application owners. This type of web accelerator is installed in front of web servers and application servers and use a variety of the above techniques to improve performance to all users accessing the accelerated web sites or web applications.
Some web accelerators have been very controversial pieces of software. Critics claim that prefetching HTML page links slows the internet backbone. Others suggest that the accelerators overload web servers with prefetching and cache freshening behaviors.
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==External links==
*[http://www.monkeybrains.net/support/proxy.html#HERE Open Source Free Setup for your ISP] (apache sample config file)
*[http://www.sitecelerate.com/ SiteCelerate Web Accelerator] (Accelerates any websites or web applications. Installed centrally with no client plug-in or installation)
*[http://www.arteraturbo.com/ Artera Turbo Web Accelerator] (Clientless Broadband Solution - Works with any user platform and any access line)
*[http://www.ictcompress.com/ AcceleNet Web Accelerator]
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