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Chrysalis · 05-01-2006, 10:32

For static sites located far away ie. usa news sites there should be an advantage in page loading speed. For dynamic sites especially if in the uk their will likel ybe a detriment in performance. However there can be other problems as well, the proxies often go belly up where sites will timeout etc. you cannot use your own dns servers to lookup www dns requests since the proxies will use their own and there are some sites that are incompatible eg. ebuyer and sites that have anti flood settings and ban ntl proxies.

The advantages to ntl as already stated is they save a shedload on transit costs.

05-01-2006, 10:32	#10
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: Using a proxy - what are the benefits?! For static sites located far away ie. usa news sites there should be an advantage in page loading speed. For dynamic sites especially if in the uk their will likel ybe a detriment in performance. However there can be other problems as well, the proxies often go belly up where sites will timeout etc. you cannot use your own dns servers to lookup www dns requests since the proxies will use their own and there are some sites that are incompatible eg. ebuyer and sites that have anti flood settings and ban ntl proxies. The advantages to ntl as already stated is they save a shedload on transit costs.