This guide covers the following topics:
How it works
Supported Protocols
Using Venturi
Task Tray Options
Additional Tips
Downloading Venturi
Venturi, on average, roughly doubles your web browsing performance when connecting to the Internet when using a WWAN device (Wireless phone and cable or 1xEV-DO/1XRTT/CDMA PC Card) and the NationalAccess - BroadbandAccess, NationalAccess or Quick 2 Net (14.4 kbps) connection. Performance can vary due to many factors.
Here's how it works:
The Venturi client intercepts your request from your web browser and passes it to a Venturi compression server on the Verizon Wireless Network. The server gets your web content, reduces the quality of the graphics, to reduce their size, and compresses the text that makes up the rest of the web page. The now compressed page, smaller in size, is sent to the client. The client decompresses the page and passes it to your browser. Performance is improved since less information has to be sent for you to get your web page.
Supported Protocols
The following protocols are supported:
- HTTP (used for web pages)
- HTTPS (used for secure web pages)
- Note: Due to encryption secure web pages are not compressed, but Venturi still improves HTTPS performance.
- FTP (used when accessing Internet file servers)
- POP3 (used to access some e-mail servers)
- IMAP (used to access some e-mail servers)
- SMTP (used for e-mail, send mail servers)
- Telnet and Secure Shell (used for terminal applications accessing other computers)
Note: Although Venturi supports these protocols, you may not be able to access certain servers if they are not accessible via any connection to the Internet. For example, many Internet Service Providers only allow access to their send mail servers when you are connected to the Internet through them. They do this to minimize fraudulent use of their send mail servers. An alternative is to use the Verizon Wireless Send Mail Server or to use web based e-mail, such as Microsoft's Hotmail (http://www.hotmail.com).
Using Venturi
Task Tray Icon
The Venturi compression software loads automatically at startup.
You will see an icon of a "V" in your system tray.
This icon indicates the following states:
If you see a Purple "V," Venturi is idle and on.
When Venturi is processing requests the "V" will spin.
If the V has a Red X through it, either the Venturi compression software is off or in bypass mode.
If the client is on and enters bypass mode, this is an indication that the client was unsuccessful communicating with the Venturi server. In the rare case of this happening, Venturi will automatically resume working as soon as it's able to reach the server. While in bypass mode you will still be able to access web pages, but Venturi compression will not occur.
The spinning V, as you browse web pages, is an indication that Venturi is working.
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