Firefox has a plug in called ad block plus that would do a better job,
but there is some controversy, because if more and more people do this,
'free' web sites will have to find other sources of revenue.
Hoort, Brian wrote:
> I too, am a big fan of these, and after using them for ~3 years, I've
> never once had a problem with it. I'm not only a fan due to the speed,
> but also the fabulous reduction in business on web pages. No more
> jumping, bleeping, moving, blinking, neon ads distracting me to death
> while trying to read an article online. However, I've only used it on
> my own computers. Has anyone done this throughout their department? I
> would appreciate some feedback on how that went over -- were there ever
> complaints about the "file not found" errors, etc.? Have you ever had a
> user not be able to surf to a needed site?
>
> (If you don't know what we're talking about, google "host file block"
> and read up a bit--it's an admirably simple solution to the problem.)
>
> Brian Hoort
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean O'Malley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:10 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Rural High Speed Internet Service Providers
>
> Not to change the subject, but i did find mapping stuff like:
> ssl.google-analytics.com
> pagead.googlesyndication.com
> www.doubleclick.net
> to 127.0.0.1
>
> Gives a considerable speed boost especially with low-bandwidth,
> low-memory, and slow processor situations. (most ads are big flash
> files.)
> I use it with high speed.
>
> You do get "missing images" and "file not found" errors on the pages,
> but
> you aren't downloading ads, your tracking cookies aren't timing out, and
> rasterization of the pages is a lot faster.
>
> I just use a host list, but a dns server is a lot cooler and simpler way
> to maintain it acrossed several machines. You can find premade lists on
> the net.
>
> I have always wondered how much the university network bill would drop
> if
> everyone on campus used it.
>
>
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Lee A Duynslager wrote:
>
>
>> I have a faculty member who would have to pay a considerable amount of
>>
> money
>
>> approx. $2K to have Millenium cable run out to their rural home.
>>
>> I was wondering if any of you have any experience with Wild Blue High
>>
> Speed
>
>> Internet Service or know of anybody who does?
>>
>> http://www.wildblue.com/
>>
>>
>> Thank You in Advance,
>>
>> Lee Duynslager
>>
>>
>
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> Sean O'Malley, Information Technologist
> Michigan State University
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>
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