How does thoes internet connection fixing softwares work???

[UofT guy]

How do they "fix" and speed up your internet connection??

[hotrod]

Are you talking about web/internet accelarators? If so, see below;

1. Accelerators stores copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
2. Accelerators only download the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
3. Accelerators prefetch certain pages onto your computer in advance.
4. Accelerators managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
5. Accelerators compress data before sending it to your computer.

If you're talking about tweaking programs, what these usually do is expand the allowed size on your TCP window size.

[High Jack]

One of the greatest things about the Internet is that nobody really owns it. It is a global collection of networks, both big and small. These networks connect together in many different ways to form the single entity that we know as the Internet. In fact, the very name comes from this idea of interconnected networks.

Since its beginning in 1969, the Internet has grown from four host computer systems to tens of millions. However, just because nobody owns the Internet, it doesn't mean it is not monitored and maintained in different ways. The Internet Society, a non-profit group established in 1992, oversees the formation of the policies and protocols that define how we use and interact with the Internet.

In this article, you will learn about the basic underlying structure of the Internet. You will learn about domain name servers, network access points and backbones. But first you will learn about how your computer connects to others.