Hi DavidR,
I did not notice any change with scandoo using it for a search engine, it is as quick as the google results it gives. it is no add-on.
What is slowing down actually even on ADSL is MCAfee SiteAdvisor! Much more that finjan ever did.
But there are things that are slowing you down really on dial up and that is retrieving images through Google because that uses redirects. If you block redirects that you do not need with RequestPolicy add-on, so block all the redirects on a page that are not essential, you surf a lot faster! Have you tried SRWare's Iron browser, I think that is the ideal browser for speed for people on dial-up connections! And a lot safer than Google's own Chrome,
polonus