On 11/09/2015 1:49 p.m., Roland Dobbins wrote:
On 11 Sep 2015, at 8:14, Scott Weeks wrote:
For example, send me everything but the flash and images.
This is a preference setting on most Web browsers. Lynx works well for this, too, on *NIX systems, if the users can use a terminal.
Equivalent for email clients - headers-only, only download message on demand, only download attachments on demand, etc.
My first thought on seeing the post was the work I used to do for satellite-linked networks around TCP config optimisation. This was on XP clients so i've no idea how aplicable it is to more modern desktops, but the simple way was to make use of tools such as TCP Optimizer[1]. Also had a lot of success with WAFS type devices such as the Riverbed Steelhead and their ilk, which goes a bit beyond OP's scope, in terms of making low-bandwidth high-latency links more optimal. Cheers Mark. [1] http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php and http://www.speedguide.net/articles.php?category=99 which I note talks about Windows 7,8,10 and 2012 server, so this must still be a 'thing'.