It's common knowledge that Internet connection acceleration software is the snake oil of the wired world. OK, maybe there are a few tweaks that're worth doing, but you don't need to buy software to do 'em, and everything beyond that's a swindle, right?

But then there's Propel Accelerator, a subscription proxy service which genuinely does make Web browsing substantially faster, for dial-up modem users in particular, without screwing up a bunch of other stuff. I actually rather like it.