🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <983980066.23380.0.nnrp-02.9e984b4b@news.demon.co.uk>, Karl
Tremain <x@x.x> writes

>i only use the blue romp occasionally for dual isdn when i want to d/l a
>large file quickly, i mainly sit on the surftime isdn number - i would like
>to get compression enabled on the surftime number and as i said above, i
>will install nt4 if thats what it takes to achieve this.  or would there be
>some other way of doing it? hardware? 3rd party software util?

>does the bt speedway card support any form of hardware compression? if not
>are there any other TA's on the market that do (and of course work perfectly
>with demon :)

Windows 2000 doesn't support the compression that Demon use on their
Surftime numbers. A number of people have made very vague comments about
their particular TA 'appearing' to work with compression under Windows
2000/Demon Surftime. The TA I am thinking of is one of the Eicon DIVA
range. However I have seen no proof that it does offer compression in
this configuration and, until I have, I am assuming it doesn't. I
couldn't find anything on their web site in relation to this.

In my opinion, your choice is to set up a separate machine, running an
OS that does support the correct compression. Linux does. I am not sure
if NT does. 

Alternatively buy a dedicated router. I did and I don't regret it.
-- 
David Thornton