<s>
Onspeed	B-Application
(	O
stylised	O
as	O
ONSPEED	B-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
web	B-Application
accelerator	I-Application
service	O
designed	O
to	O
accelerate	O
an	O
internet	O
connection	O
using	O
compression	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onspeed	B-Application
primarily	O
improves	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
an	O
internet	O
connection	O
,	O
including	O
dial-up	O
,	O
wireless	O
,	O
low-speed	O
broadband	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
connections	O
such	O
as	O
3G	B-Architecture
,	O
GPRS	B-General_Concept
and	O
UMTS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Onspeed	B-Application
software	O
is	O
installed	O
onto	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
hard	O
drive	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
existing	O
ISP	O
connection	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
,	O
it	O
utilises	O
data	O
compression	O
techniques	O
to	O
process	O
a	O
website	O
,	O
before	O
it	O
is	O
transmitted	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
ISP	O
to	O
their	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Onspeed	B-Application
software	O
works	O
by	O
compressing	O
text	O
and	O
graphics	O
contained	O
on	O
any	O
website	O
(	O
or	O
within	O
emails	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
internet	O
access	O
is	O
routed	O
through	O
their	O
UK	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
South	O
Africa	O
and	O
Indian	O
based	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
which	O
then	O
compress	O
the	O
data	O
before	O
transmitting	O
them	O
to	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onspeed	B-Application
has	O
dedicated	O
algorithms	O
for	O
compressing	O
the	O
following	O
web	O
page	O
elements	O
(	O
all	O
protected	O
by	O
9	O
pending	O
patents	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
not	O
accelerate	O
secure	O
websites	O
or	O
certain	O
files	O
such	O
as	O
music	O
and	O
video	O
files	O
(	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
AVI	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onspeed	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
a	O
service	O
for	O
mobile	O
phone	O
users	O
using	O
a	O
GPRS/UMTS	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOL	O
customers	O
often	O
experience	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
service	O
due	O
to	O
AOL	O
's	O
proxy	B-Application
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Onspeed	B-Application
's	O
website	O
states	O
that	O
AOL	O
customers	O
may	O
still	O
use	O
the	O
service	O
providing	O
they	O
use	O
an	O
alternative	O
browser	O
such	O
as	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onspeed	B-Application
claims	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
any	O
country	O
worldwide	O
,	O
however	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
entirely	O
true	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onspeed	B-Application
usually	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
in	O
certain	O
African	O
and	O
Middle	O
Eastern	O
countries	O
that	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
via	O
a	O
forced	O
proxy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
