Comments on: ‘Opera Turbo’ brings bandwidth compression technology to desktop browsing

By: سش

سش — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:05:14 +0000

دسق

By: Bubub

Bubub — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:20:04 +0000

Opera Mini offers free turbo proxies already:

server1.operamini.com:80
server2.operamini.com:80
server3.operamini.com:80
server4.operamini.com:80
…

All we need is an OBML (Opera Binary Markup Language) compatible desktop browser…

By: (matTE0)

(matTE0) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:04:31 +0000

There's also this interesting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4nFJTajTwI

By: Zotlan

Zotlan — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:21:00 +0000

@Christian Walde
Yes.. i know. I was reacting to this part of your post
…that can spare the cash for extra-fast internet…..
I meant that companies could use Turbo to save money, instead of speeding up their browsing.

By: Steve Barker

Steve Barker — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:24:25 +0000

“All your location belong to Norway.”

From my extremetracking log, it could also be Sweden.

Visitor t02-15.opera-mini.net IP Address 94.246.126.46
Date 16 Feb, Mon, 20:37:14 Net Speed Cable/DSL
Organization Opera Software ASA Browser Opera 9
Continent Europe Operating System Other/Unknown
Country Sweden Screen Resolution Other
State / Region Uppsala Lan Screen Color 32 Bit (16.7M)
City Uppsala Javascript Enabled

By: Chas4

Chas4 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:39:49 +0000

Do you think Nintendo will add it to the Wii Internet Channel?

By: bob

bob — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:08:53 +0000

so its a proxy then?

By: Christian Walde

Christian Walde — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:59:08 +0000

@Zotlan:

As far as i am aware “business customer” means you have to be a company and that company has to buy this service. I seriously doubt i can, as a single private person, buy access to this service and/or have it within my price range.

By: kftgr

kftgr — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:35:54 +0000

@bamatone

tee hee

The speed gains from Opera Turbo would be highly dependent on where, what, and how you are viewing. Many sites already gzip their content, so would the Opera Turbo compression be of any help? O kkkkkk

You have to make detours through the OT servers instead of straight to the site. Would that end up slowing down browsing instead?

By: Zotlan

Zotlan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:16:53 +0000

@Christian.
Or you can spend a bit of money on turbo and then get a cheaper, slower internet subscription. Giving you the same speed for less money.
At least, i assume that’s the intent.

By: Investor

Investor — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:28:59 +0000

Opera Turbo compresses data so users of mobile devices reduce their bills. Evolution of Opera Mini from phone to mobile laptop ?.. Maybe Opera should make Opera Turbo available B2C … to increase desktop market share and revenue from search

By: Christian Walde

Christian Walde — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:45:26 +0000

From the press release: “To be available for business customers” So it’s completely irrelevant for home users and only interesting if you’re making decisions in a company that can spare the cash for extra-fast internet.

By: Cyro

Cyro — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:05:03 +0000

I wonder if the desktop version of Opera Turbo will be available for everybody or it’s only a carrier-related thing.

By: BAMAToNE

BAMAToNE — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:01:50 +0000

All your location belong to Norway.

By: PhoenixP3K

PhoenixP3K — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:11:33 +0000

Well this seems interesting. This might enable Opera to remain the top dog in terms of speed.

However I’m not sure if I’d use this feature on the desktop, it’s basicly like having a constant proxy on.