Opera Turbo growth

October 22, 2009 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Over the first month following the release of Opera 10 approximately three million users escalated their surfing speeds with Opera Turbo. Those three million consumers viewed almost 668 million compressed Web pages.

What do the statistics mean?

The numbers tell us that Opera Turbo solves critical bandwidth issues. People everywhere experience either slow, congested networks or must pay as they go for Web access. It is an issue that affects everyone, from the business traveler to the Internet café user. Opera Turbo has become universally useful.

Read the press release...

Readers' comments 23

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dirkThursday, October 22, 2009 9:07:06 AM
GroovyThursday, October 22, 2009 9:17:41 AM
How did you came to that conclusion? What if new users just try to click turbo and some of them forget to turn it off. How do you filter that kind of stuff out?
mistressEVILThursday, October 22, 2009 9:29:31 AM
Also works great as proxy if your IP address has error connecting remote server... sadly, people don't know they need to actually turn Turbo on, they think problem will solve just by using Opera.
But luckily, once they discover how amazing Turbo is, they want it on their phone ;p
Jakub MartonThursday, October 22, 2009 11:59:21 AM
Originally posted by missevilat:

sadly, people don't know they need to actually turn Turbo on

I think, opera turbo is on automatic mode(it is turned on, when slow connection is detected) by default. If it is not, I suppose that it should be in the future releases.
mistressEVILThursday, October 22, 2009 1:26:27 PM
Originally posted by kubm:

I think, opera turbo is on automatic mode(it is turned on, when slow connection is detected) by default.

It is (iirc), but i was referring to cases where Turbo is used as proxy server (site's server blocking IP, local admin blocking pages, etc)
Charles SchlossThursday, October 22, 2009 3:38:48 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Happy.gif -
Barraco Mármol JerónimoThursday, October 22, 2009 3:45:35 PM
Originally posted by missevilat:

where Turbo is used as proxy server

that's a little usefull trick

some ppl can say they arent affected by bandwith. but the truth is that opera makes the fast faster
IKokeThursday, October 22, 2009 6:43:12 PM
Paul aka chonThursday, October 22, 2009 7:43:51 PM
opera turbo is great and useful.
praetor87Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:04:37 PM
Originally posted by missevilat:

It is (iirc), but i was referring to cases where Turbo is used as proxy server (site's server blocking IP, local admin blocking pages, etc)

Somtimes i try use it for http file share. Always somebody already downloading something with the IP. If you want a real proxy, try the OperaTOR.
Cholim YnrohFriday, October 23, 2009 12:27:07 AM
Hmmm. all this is fine about Turbo, but the problem is that it seems to NOT work with Vodafone 3G gprs/umts pay as you mobile "broadand" USB stick. Turbo always says "Opera Turbo is currently not available. It was not possible to establish a connection" ... if any one knows a workaround I'd be grateful as the speed with Voda USB stick is from 5 kbps to 90 kbps !!!!
Emekaiku MeconFriday, October 23, 2009 12:27:45 AM
Please guys,can i use opera turbo with my Nokia 6060?.if the answer is yes, how can i download it?.
d4rkn1ghtFriday, October 23, 2009 1:23:33 AM
Dangerous DaveFriday, October 23, 2009 2:23:37 AM
Originally posted by Emekaiku:

Please guys,can i use opera turbo with my Nokia 6060?.if the answer is yes, how can i download it?.

For a mobile phone, you want Opera Mini. Opera Mini automatically uses turbo compression technology, in fact it had it first.
SertseFriday, October 23, 2009 2:35:22 AM
"Those three million consumers viewed almost 668 million compressed Web pages"

Are there any stats for total mb saved?

Turbo has been invaluable to me. Saved me countless times where it otherwise would of been impossible to surf.
Jose Marvin PabloSaturday, October 24, 2009 3:12:08 AM
Opera is cool
jkfordeMonday, October 26, 2009 1:56:47 AM
When on automatic (default state) Turbo is priceless when the contention ratio is maxed.

Opera devs, keep at it!! FF, Chrome etc. are only playing catch up to the inventive geek in the class!
YonahMonday, October 26, 2009 9:04:03 AM
It's not much of a success in China when access to Opera's Turbo server is blocked by the government.
LaraTuesday, October 27, 2009 10:33:54 PM
I do think the same!
GlenFriday, October 30, 2009 12:25:25 PM
I have never seen it work.

"Opera Turbo is current unavailable. It was not possible to establish a connection"

Its really very sad because my 3.5G connection isn't very fast at the best of times. Connection provided by three.co.uk
TamilThursday, November 12, 2009 12:15:04 AM
Cholim YnrohSunday, December 6, 2009 9:29:16 PM
Where's the rest of this blog ? I can only see up to 12th Nov
HOANG LINKThursday, December 31, 2009 10:02:01 AM
I try to creat the video, music on my blog but it seems impossoble. How can i do? help me pls