Recently, a few websites like Comodo.com were loading incredibly slow or stop loading before it can finish loading. I narrowed it down to my Internet Service Provider having problems loading the website I wanted to go to because I asked the web hosting company, and they said everything was fine. Plus, I can go to other popular websites like Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, and more. I even tried changing my DNS server address to Comodo DNS, and plugging my network cable from my Cable modem directly into my computer’s networking Ethernet cable port.
Everything I listed above was a failure, and did not work at making Comodo.com and other websites which were slow load faster. I could of phoned up my internet service provider, and ask them to fix my problem which I plan to do if they do not fix this problem in a few days, but I got this feeling they will say, “we’re working on the problem, and it should be fixed shortly”.
I think most likely my Internet Provider is having bandwidth or network related problems since it is the summer time which usually means high school kids and college students who move back home are using a lot of bandwidth. I sort of wish I had Fiber Internet, so my Internet is always fast for every website. But, Fiber internet is not cheap, so I will keep on using Cable internet for now till I’m rich or Fiber becomes more affordable.
The only fix which worked for me was using a free Proxy Server websites which I used to access blocked websites at school like video game websites, social networks, Youtube, sports sites, gambling, adult websites, and other non-educational website which the school did not want students to be on. I notice when using a Free Proxy server my internet connection speeds for certain websites are faster. Sometimes I need to access a website to download a file or get some information which is what proxy are good for when your ISP is not loading a website or a network is blocking me from accessing a file or information I need. I run forums, blogs, and websites, and not being able to log in to them to moderate, comments, write content on my websites can be very annoying for me since having your forum over runned with spam is not acceptable since spam and troll posts can really ruin the reputation of a website in a matter of days, so it is important for me to always check to see if anyone is posting bad comments on my websites and social media websites, and remove them as quickly as possible. Luckily, I learned that proxy server sites can improve the speed of websites which load slowly on my ISP or other people’s ISPs, so I can log in to my forum to delete a spammer, and ban him from posting on my forum.
Online Anonymous proxy website are simple to use basically all you have to do is type in a web address like johnsonyip.com into a text box and hit the “Go” Button and the proxy website will redirect you to the website which you typed in. A proxy server is like a secret tunnel to get to the website you want to go to by secretly tunneling through internet filters and other censorship tools. Proxy servers websites work on all operating systems with web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc.
My best guest on why it is faster using a proxy vs my regular internet is because the connection is not as heavily used or better maintained compared to my ISPs connection which can be bloated by a lot of traffic from file downloads, streaming video, and regular web browsers browsing online.
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