Since more than 50 percent of the Web content accessed by the university is cacheable by Excelerator, the majority of its Web requests no longer had to venture outside the university's infrastructure, taking up valuable Internet bandwidth. In essence, Excelerator opened up bandwidth so even more users could enjoy the benefits of Web access. It protects us from having to throw more bandwidth at our system. We don't have to keep adding more T-1 lines or another DS3. Increased Browser Speed From the Web user's perspective, Excelerator significantly improves Internet performance.
Graphics jump on the screen faster.
A hundred-page PDF file that used to take a minute to download, instantly displays. Excelerator has also improved in-class instruction and lab work for the university. The next day the class doesn't have to go all the way across the Internet to pull up the images. As a result, their access to the content is much faster because they are no longer dependent on the speed of the Internet traffic that day. There is a definite productivity increase because people aren't waiting.