I will spend a lot of time in Africa in the next 2 years, and in order to get Internet access there I plan to sign up for satellite Internet access through BGAN / Inmarsat. They charge per megabyte of traffic, and the prices are steep -- around $6 per megabyte. What can I do on my side to minimize the traffic to save on the cost? For example, how do I specify to load Internet pages in text mode only and skip the graphics? Any other suggestions on traffic minimization will be very appreciated! I intend to use Internet for browsing around and reading news, doing research, trading stocks, getting my email, etc.
Thank you very much!
2006-12-01 08:59:13 · 3 answers · asked by Yan B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You can turn images off in IE, its somewhere in the tools options security etc
Or you can try lynx, a text based browser
http://lynx.browser.org/
2006-12-01 09:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by Nick B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, turn off the graphics and sounds. I do the same right now because we have dial-up at home and we never get more than 24 kbps. But that's far better than our 0 kbps non connection when we live in Honduras most of the year. Satellite is our only option there and there are no authorized dealers willing to install, even with the $3000 price tag they quote. That's just one more reason it's a third world country.
2006-12-01 09:03:35 · answer #2 · answered by rentaprogrammer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn down all offers to downlaod and install flash players and such. Look into firefox, it can be set up to block all sorts oif graphics.
2006-12-01 09:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋