who.is.michael
Expert Member
I'm sure it's the new proxy server they have installed in Cape Town that is causing the problems and not the IP's if you have a Ip in the range of 41.208.235/8.1XX your speeds are normally good. Even myADSL that was always quick is down to a crawl...
In a nutshell:
Some ISP´s provide a web proxy that, unless you specify otherwise, you are forced to use.
This proxy server is sometimes NOT there for your benefit. It is installed to control bandwidth & traffic for the ISP.
Some ISP´s proxies are not reliable (hence slow web access, DNS failure from time to time).
To bypass the ISP proxy, select an alternative (working) proxy on a port other than 80.
"Fool" the ISP proxy into giving you "fresh" content by appending a random string to the URL (e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk?tgfd23).
In a nutshell:
Some ISP´s provide a web proxy that, unless you specify otherwise, you are forced to use.
This proxy server is sometimes NOT there for your benefit. It is installed to control bandwidth & traffic for the ISP.
Some ISP´s proxies are not reliable (hence slow web access, DNS failure from time to time).
To bypass the ISP proxy, select an alternative (working) proxy on a port other than 80.
"Fool" the ISP proxy into giving you "fresh" content by appending a random string to the URL (e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk?tgfd23).
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