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On Sunday, June 29, 2003, Marck D Pearlstone wrote...

GL>> FWIW, my ISP (Plusnet) runs a proxy for its users. However, they
GL>> do give the option whether to use the proxy. Does the OP have a
GL>> similar choice?

> Actually, now that you mention it, I remember using an "ISP Proxy".
> It's not quite the same thing as a full blown "proxy server". It's
> more of an intermediate pre-fetch cache to smooth access of remote
> sites when client bandwidth is narrow.

Blue Yonder/Telewest used to run a caching proxy server, though you
could disable it if you wished. It made things a lot more efficient,
and page loads were a lot quicker when it was working properly. From
time to time it was a little glitchy.

- --
Jonathan Angliss
([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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