Accelerate
Slow Internet connection speeds can be frustrating, and the hardware upgrades necessary to speed your system up can get very expensive. Webroot Software offers solutions designed to help you get the most out of your current Internet connection without making costly investments in hardware upgrades. ... Accelerate is an easy-to-use software program that improves Internet connection speed for dial-up modems, cable modems, DSL, and LAN connections. ... While the maximum transfer speed of a modem/network connection can only be changed by costly hardware upgrades, Accelerate optimizes Windows...
http://www.webroot.com/download/trial/1/accsetup1.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Internet Cyclone
Internet Cyclone is a powerful, easy-to-use, Internet Optimizer for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP designed to automatically optimize your Windows settings wich will boost your Internet connection up to 200%. Internet Cyclone is compatible with all modems and high-speed LAN, ISDN, CABLE,... This Internet Connection optimizer speeds up Web browsing, file downloading, e-mailing, online gaming, chat and all other Internet related software utilities by preventing the data fragmentation during transmission.
ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/winxp/netutil/cyclone.zip - 956Kb - Download - Screenshot

iNetCalc
Internet connection speed meter and bandwidth monitor with ad-banners and popups blocker. iNetCalc is used to visualize and control the speed of internet connections. It displays the current speed graphically and numerically. It also keeps records of transferred data amount, determines quality... Additionally, it kills ad-banners and annoying ad popup windows.
http://inetcalc.desofto.com/inetcalc.exe - 752Kb - Download - Screenshot

OnlineMonitor
OnlineMonitor is used to visualize and control the speed of internet connections. It displays the current download- and upload-speed graphically and/or numerically. It also logs the transfered amount of data for the actual connection and for any period. ... Also OnlineMonitor can close your connection after a download, a Connection timeout or by reaching a specific amount of transfered data. ... With this data you can determine the quality of your connection or provider and you're able to control how much you have to pay for the transfered data.
http://www.aborange.de/download/omon.exe - 695Kb - Download - Screenshot

Traffaret
Now most users have a computer connected to the network. It can be the Internet or the local network connection. So, the computer network's reliability and speed are very important. For the computer user this means that he wants to be assured of his connection reliability, and speed. ... Traffaret allows you to quickly and easily set up and run a monitoring network connection characteristics: speed, transferred data, opened connections and so on. ... It is a good idea to run Traffaret before you start your Internet connection.
http://www.triansoft32.com/traff/traffaret.exe - 439Kb - Download - Screenshot

Yonc
Yonc is a utility that assists you with dial up connections to the internet. The program allows you to connect to the internet via Windows dial up networking with a single mouse click, it reials if you do not get a connection on the first try, it can redial if you are connected at an... Also, with Yonc you can monitor a wealth of information about your internet connection and your system, among them your daily/monthly online time, your monthly online cost, the number of mails in your email account (or in multiple accounts), the speed with which data is transmitted to and from your computer...
ftp://ftp.ger.emtec.com/yonc/yonc.exe - 969Kb - Download - Screenshot

Speed Master
Speed Master is a tool that improves your internet connection speed and prevents you from being disconnected. Default registry settings are not optimized to give maximum performance. By optimizing these settings with Speed Master, you can increase dialup modem and broadband connection... Speed Master supports Dial-up Modem, Lan, Cable Modem, xDSL, ISDN, T1, Cable/DSL running PPPoE or PPTP, Satellite. ... Stay connected sends a small TCP/IP packet to given URL to keep your connection active. ... Some ISP's drop your connection due to inactivity.
http://www.ctnetsoftware.com/speedmaster.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Pointstone Internet Accelerator
Internet Accelerator improves various configuration settings that directly affect your network and Internet connection speed. When Windows is installed, these settings are in most cases not optimized for the Internet or for your particular network connection and actually prevent you from... Previously, there was no simple way to edit these settings manually without dangerously exploring and modifying the Windows registry by hand, however Internet Accelerator now makes it easy for anyone to reach maximum performance with a few clicks.
http://dl1.pointstone.com/download...ator/InternetAcceleratorSetup.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Free Net Speeder Lite
Free net speeder lite keep your connection secure, prevent automatic disconnections. Add more speeds greater than 115200 to your modem settings. Speed up your connection without any networking or communication background requirements. Detect your OS to indicate the best settings for your system. ... Configure Keep Alive Time, Keep Alive Interval values to prevent your connection from being automatically disconnected after an ideal connection. ... Optimize Configuration Access the net Dial-up for connection.
http://www.softwareclub.ws/download/scnsl4000.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Robust Internet Speed Booster
Boost and optimize the speed of your Internet connection with this set of tools. Internet Speed Booster is a utility to help you keep your system healthy and responsive. This program is a package of 3 utilities, a network pinger - which prevents you from being disconnected by your ISP (Internet... Internet Speed Booster allows you to change certain Windows Registry settings that affect Internet connection speed through a simple, intuitive interface, boosting your Internet performance. ... While the actual maximum transfer speed of your Internet connection cannot be changed except by...
http://www.robustftp.com/download/rwsb4200.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot