Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is accessBee High Speed?
A: accessBee High Speed is an exciting new service that dramatically increases the speed of web content delivery over a traditional dial-up connection, giving users the ability to surf the Internet 2 to 3 times faster.

Q: How does accessBee High Speed work?
A: accessBee High Speed is an intelligent, web browser-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Etc.) web site content acceleration application that more than doubles the speed of web content delivery over a dial-up connection by reshaping, reformatting, compressing, and caching content. accessBee High Speed offers a near-broadband experience over a traditional dial-up connection.

Q: Do I need any new hardware or software to support accessBee High Speed?
A: No, there is no additional equipment or software required.

Q: How do accessBee High Speed speeds compare to traditional dial-up speeds?
A: In tests against standard dial-up, accessBee High Speed more than doubled the speed of web content delivery over a traditional dial-up connection, enabling accessBee High Speed users to load web content 2 to 3 times faster. Different content types are optimized at different levels.

Q: Who is best suited to benefit from using accessBee High Speed?
A: accessBee High Speed is an excellent solution for accessBee users who spend a lot of time surfing the Internet and do not want to pay for expensive broadband access technologies, such as DSL, cable, or wireless, or live in an area where
broadband is not available.

Q: Is accessBee High Speed available to all accessBee customers?
A: To date it looks as if 99% of our users, statewide can use the service. The network is expanded up daily.

Q: How does accessBee High Speed compare to V.92 benefits?
A: accessBee High Speed provides compression at higher speeds and for a wider variety of file types than V.92; however, combining V.92 with accessBee High Speed may offer end-users additional features, including Modem On-Hold and Quick Connect, depending on modem capabilities that can be accessed on those manufacturer web sites.

Q: What is “Object Level Caching”?
A: Caching software remembers and stores the web pages that an end-user loads. The end-user’s browser then accesses the pages from the temporary storage area, rather than the web server, which delivers the web content to the end-user faster, as the pages don’t need to be reloaded from the web each time. accessBee accessBee High Speed uses intelligent caching, which ensures that the stored or cached web pages are current.

Q: Does accessBee accessBee High Speed increase my connection speed?
A: accessBee High Speed increases the speed of web content delivery by utilizing existing bandwidth more efficiently. While a 56 Kbps connection is still a 56 Kbps
connection, by intelligently shaping requested web content, accessBee High Speed
enables your browser to load it 2 to 3 times faster.

Q: What does it cost?
A: Please call customer service for current pricing

For more information, call accessBee Customer Service at numbers listed at the top left of this page.