>
> But still, how would using a proxy slow down things almost to a halt when
> accessing a site running on my computer when it doesn't when the same site
> runs on a different computer?
>
For instance by forwarding all your requests to a remote proxy
over a slow link (i.e. ppp), including local ones.
--Alejandro
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