[PLUG] broadband 2007

Shantanu Kulkarni linux at shantanukulkarni.org
Tue Jan 2 22:16:34 IST 2007


* sco1984 at gmail.com <sco1984 at gmail.com> [070102 19:04]:
> Better idea is to set a "Squid" proxy server. access all required daily web
> pages. Those pages are automatically saved in to Squid, dont delete them and
> then use internet. Each time you access those pages, your transaction will
> be done from Squid not directly from internet each time you open any URL
> that in use frequently.

According to my study a couple of years back squid saved me around 17%
of bandwidth. This for me was very helpful since bandwidth was costly
then. I am not sure if that is useful for anyone's home PC.
You may have to use additional products to save more. This is just
for records.

Shantanu





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