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About Propel
Propel is focused on solving a problem that affects approximately 50 million U.S. Internet users: slow Internet dial-up connections. In July of 2002, Propel launched a new service to address this issue - Propel Accelerator, which speeds up dial-up browsing by up to 5 times. Now the world's fastest way to surf over dial-up, Propel Accelerator has received critical acclaim from reviewers at the Washington Post, the Mercury News, and has won Industry awards such as CNET's Editor's Choice and ZDNet Editor's Choice awards.

Propel^® Unveils Version 3.0 of Award Winning Propel Accelerator

Propel Adds Fully Integrated Pop Up Blocking, In-Page Ad Blocking, And File Download Acceleration Features To Its Market Leading Dial-Up Web Accelerator

April 23, 2003, ISPCON: Propel Software Corporation today unveiled the new version of Propel Accelerator 3.0. Having already received critical acclaim, Propel Accelerator 3.0 will now offer optional pop-up blocking and in-page ad blocking as well as transparent download acceleration capabilities.

"Propel is committed to alleviating the frustration of accessing the Web via dial-up," said Steve Kirsch, CEO and founder of Propel Software. "With Propel Accelerator 3.0, users can surf the web free of unwanted pop-up windows, with less distraction from advertising, and receive acceleration on more than just web pages with the inclusion of new file download acceleration technology."

Pop-Up and Ad Blocking Bring New Speed and Flexibility

Propel Accelerator 3.0 will offer consumers the ability to block annoying and time consuming pop-up and pop-under windows while browsing. Most types of unwanted browser window pop-ups can be blocked, including those that appear automatically when the user exits or enters a site, "mouses" over a link, or closes a browser window.

Propel Accelerator 3.0 also offers consumers the option to block banner advertisements and other in-page advertisement graphics. With ad blocking turned on, pages take less time to load, appear less cluttered, and contain no distracting advertising animations. A light gray box replaces each blocked advertisement so that the user can see where ads have been blocked.

By right-clicking the gray box and choosing the "Refresh Picture With Full Quality" command, a user can see the image that has been blocked. Users can turn ad blocking on and off using a simple menu switch. The Performance Meter shows a history of how many advertisements have been blocked in the last 30 days. Because Propel Accelerator is a service, users never have to download advertisement definition lists. Instead, all advertisement definitions are maintained and updated on Propel's internet-based server infrastructure, and all blocking is based on up to date information.

ISPs who resell customized versions of Propel Accelerator may choose whether or not they want to offer the Pop-up and Ad Blocking features of Propel Accelerator 3.0 in the versions that they distribute to their end users.

Download Acceleration Further Improves Dial-Up Experience

Propel Accelerator will now transparently accelerate downloads of most file types, including MP3s and executable files.

Propel Accelerator 3.0 speeds up file downloads in three ways - by checking for file mirror sites, by segmenting files for parallel downloading if possible, and by retaining partially loaded file data across dropped connections. These are the same basic download acceleration techniques used by standalone download management utilities.

If a user's connection is dropped during a long download, when he or she reconnects and downloads the file again, Propel Accelerator will be able to make use of the previously downloaded portion of the file, and only download the remainder, as needed, provided that the user is downloading from servers that support partial downloads.

Upgrading to 3.0

Existing Propel Accelerator subscribers will be able to upgrade to Propel Accelerator 3.0 free of charge, upon general availability in early June of 2003. New subscribers will receive version 3.0 when they sign up for the service.