You must first download and install the Tellurian Accelerator Client Software appropriate for your computer operating system.

	Apple Macintosh	Microsoft Windows
File Size:	2.6 MB	2.6 MB
Download Time:	5-10 minutes	5-10 minutes
	CLICK HERE to download for Macintosh	CLICK HERE to download for Windows

When prompted, save the file to your computer desktop and once the download has completed, double-click on the file to begin installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation.

Compatibility

	Apple Macintosh	Microsoft Windows
Platforms:	OS X 10.2 and later	Windows 98/NT 4.0/2000/ME/XP
Connections:	Any low-speed Internet connection, including dial-up, ISDN and DSL (under 400Kbps).
Browsers:	Internet Explorer 5.2 and Safari 1.2	Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, AOL 6 and 7, or Netscape 4.7 or later, MSN Explorer.

System Requirements

	Apple Macintosh	Microsoft Windows
Disk Space:	25 MB minimum (135 MB recommended)	25 MB minimum (135 MB recommended)
Memory (RAM):	128 MB minimum (256 MB highly recommended)	32 MB minimum (64 MB highly recommended)

After you install the Tellurian Accelerator and use it for the first time, you will be prompted for your Tellurian Networks username and password to begin using the service. This is the same username and password that you use to connect to Tellurian Networks.

PLEASE NOTE: The Tellurian Accelerator client software will automatically work if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your web browser. If you are using a web browser other than Microsoft Internet Explorer such as Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, etc., you will need to manually set a local "HTTP proxy" using "localhost" as your proxy host set to use port "8080". Below is an example for Mozilla Firefox accessed via Tools > Options > General > Connection Settings.

Tellurian Accelerator improves your web browsing experience by dramatically accelerating the delivery of Web pages to your computer. A combination of intelligent browser caching, compression technology and edge caching enables Web pages to be delivered to your browser with minimal latency at maximum speeds over your existing Tellurian Networks' dial-up connection. As a result, you can expect a very noticeable improvement in response time.

The figure above depicts the relationships between the various components of the Tellurian Accelerator Service and how they interact with one another:

• The Tellurian Accelerator Client Software runs in the background on your computer as a local proxy. The Tellurian Accelerator Client maintains a persistent connection to the Accelerator Network in order to eliminate the connections that need to be established every time the browser initiates a request. The Tellurian Accelerator Client decodes and caches the content it receives from the Accelerator Network before sending it to the Web browser.
• The Accelerator Network sits between the Tellurian Accelerator Client running on your computer and the Web sites you are trying to reach. The Accelerator Network consists of a collection of strategically deployed servers that manage connections, cache content, and encode data received from the destination sites. By doing so, the Accelerator Network reduces the distance data must travel, and at the same time reduces the amount of data transmitted.

Tellurian Accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages in three ways:

• Compression - Delivers text and graphics more efficiently, using a compression technology that allows for intelligent encoding of Web pages and page elements sent to your browser.
• Caching - Intelligently retains and re-uses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your computer. That's why the longer Tellurian Accelerator is in use on your computer, the faster your Web pages will load.
• Persistent Connections - Uses proprietary techniques to carefully manage and optimize the communication between your modem and Accelerator Network 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 Tellurian Accelerator.

Popular Web Sites	Before*	After*	How much Faster?
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.

An easy way to understand what Tellurian Accelerator does is to consider a simplified example.

Using maximum graphics acceleration, a first-time visit to a Web page with Tellurian Accelerator will be up to 3 times faster, with an average first-time visit greater than 2x.

For example, the first time you request the Amazon home page, the following events occur:

• The request for the Web page is automatically routed by the Tellurian Accelerator Client to the Accelerator Network.
• The Accelerator Network retrieves the requested Web page from the Amazon Web site.
• Elements of the Web page (both text and graphics) are encoded and cached before being sent to your computer.
• These page elements are then decoded by the Tellurian Accelerator Client, and assembled and delivered to the Web browser.

Subsequent visits to the same page will be up to 5 times faster

The next time you visit the Amazon home page (which may have changed since the last visit), the following events occur:

• Your request for the Web page is automatically routed by the Tellurian Accelerator Client to the Accelerator Network.
• The Accelerator Network retrieves the requested Web page from the Amazon Web site. Having identified the page elements that had previously been retrieved in a prior visit, the Accelerator Network only compresses and transmits those components that changed.
• Data already stored on your computer - plus any new decoded page elements - are assembled locally by the Tellurian Accelerator Client and delivered to the Web browser.