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Originally Posted by anomie
...following benefits: - Everyone going through the caching proxy could read pre-cached files. (Web browser cache is per machine.)
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The web browser cache is
per user,
per browser, which is only the same as per machine if all of the users have a machine each and use one browser each. If either of the other cdonditions is true, there can be a benefit. Maybe not a big benefit...
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....major speed benefits to setting up a caching server such as Squid...
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I wouldn't say so, in most use cases. A minor benefit, maybe, but not a
major one. There is probably a clearer benefit for reducing the data usage requirements, which is a benefit, but, again, not a
major one.
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What are some methods or software to help increase internet speed...
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If your isps nameservers are on the slow side (and many 'bargain basement' isps do seem to want to minimise their spend on this) there is probably a bigger improvement in the perceived experience (which may, or may not be, directly related to speed, depending on which speed you mean) by caching dns look-ups. This would be particularly advised if you were using, eg, squid, as squid does a lot of look ups.