I know this is going to sound strange, but:
I have Hughesnet Sat Internet and it is very bizarre: whenever Quicken is doing an update I cannot use the web -- I get solid "web accelerator client error"s. My internet connection is working fine (I can ssh, email, etc) -- it is just the web that is hosed. I get errors like:
Web Acceleration Client Error (506) - Suspected Recent Satellite Link Outage
The satellite link was operating properly up until the most recent webpage request, but the last request could not be successfully sent across the satellite link to the Web Acceleration Server. Possible causes for this include recent changes in weather conditions or equipment problems in the Network Operations Center. Trying again at a later time may result in restored service due to either improvements in the weather conditions causing the service outage or rectification of a network problem in the Network Operations Center. If this problem persists, please contact your service provider for additional assistance.
This is, apparently, *SOMETHING* about the way Quicken [q2009] accesses the web that breaks HN's web proxy/accelerator machinery. Once Quicken finishes its update, the web leaps back to life as usual. I doubt there's anything that anyone can do about something like this, but I was just wondering: can anyone conjecture just what it might be that Quicken does that causes the problem?
/Bernie\