Quoting Crossfire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Telstra won't remove the transparent proxy for BP:A customers because
> its a
> logistical nightmare. You have a LOT of users, all trying to download
> similar sort of things, with poorly configured web-browsers. Lots of
> webbrowsers directly hitting sites requires a LOT of external bandwidth,
> whereas a transparent proxy can be close to those machines, and they can
> save a lot of external bandwidth on static content. This helps them
> maintain an acceptible level of performance. 'nuff said. If you don't
> want
> a transparent proxy, wait for BP:D to provide ADSL support.
I'm waiting, but I'm also not holding my breath on the price either.
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