Hi everyone,

I had a problem refreshing the contents of a site. I traced this to my ISP who connects me through a proxy server.

They admitted and said it speeds up the Internet access. But what I would like to know is whether they have a right to have me connected thro. a proxy. My contract with them is silent on caching. I know they may mean well but can I force them to give me direct access?

Cheers,
dula

You should ask it about them. If the contract doesn't mention it, then they shouldn't be able to "force" you to anything about it, not to use or be without proxy. The usual way to do this, what I've seen, is that the proxy is "pre-configured" to be on and if you want you can turn it off yourself. Though this is usually done by having an "internet connection installer" on Windows that changes your browser settings. If the connection goes trough proxy by means of your ISP and not your browser settings, you can only ask them to let you have direct access. I don't see why they could prevent you from this.

Thanks b0uncer. Actually the proxing is done at their side so I'll have them connect me directly to the Internet.