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 ====== Bandwidth conservation ====== ====== Bandwidth conservation ======
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 +As with drinking water, power, food, and waste tanks, 'dwellers often have to manage their use of data bandwidth.  Here are the most common factors:
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 +  * cost - on metered or capped plans going over can be expensive
 +  * availability - sometimes the connection is sketchy or has too many users for the size of the pipe.  
  
  
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 === compression proxies === === compression proxies ===
  
-A compression proxy runs between you and the internet and optimizes / compresses web content to save bandwidth.  It may downgrade image quality for substantial savings.  It is an internet version of [[lifestyle:mail forwarding|a mail forwarding service]] that throws out the junk mail and extra packing before sending your mail mail to you.+A compression proxy runs between you and the internet and optimizes / compresses web content to save bandwidth.  It may downgrade image quality for substantial savings.  It is an internet version of [[lifestyle:mail forwarding|a mail forwarding service]] that throws out the junk and extra packing before sending your mail (web page) to you.
  
  
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 [[http://www.opera.com/|Opera]] made the first mainstream browser to offer a compression proxy on their mobile and desktop browsers.  Now the Chrome mobile browser has a proxy and there is a [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/data-saver/pfmgfdlgomnbgkofeojodiodmgpgmkac|Data Savings plugin for Chrome/Chromium]]. [[http://www.opera.com/|Opera]] made the first mainstream browser to offer a compression proxy on their mobile and desktop browsers.  Now the Chrome mobile browser has a proxy and there is a [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/data-saver/pfmgfdlgomnbgkofeojodiodmgpgmkac|Data Savings plugin for Chrome/Chromium]].
  
-If you are technically minded and have a server somewhere you can run your own compression proxy using freeware like ziproxy.  Frater Secessus runs one of these and will make a login for you if you want to play with it.  PM him on the CRVL forum. +If you are technically minded and have a server somewhere you can run your own compression proxy using freeware like ziproxy.  Frater Secessus runs one of these and will make a login for you if you want to play with it.
  
  
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