Can Proxy,VPN and SSH tunnel increase my internet speed?

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Hi friend!
I have internet speed of 512kbps now. Now i want to use a secure proxy or a vpn or a ssh tunnel for my browsing and downloading. Will they increase my internet speed? They promise 9.1Mbps for $20. :lol:

Is it worth to get a connection? Please help me also provide me some good service providers. :razz:

balakrish said:
I have internet speed of 512kbps now. Will they increase my internet speed? They promise 9.1Mbps for $20.

They can support upto 9.1Mbps is what they meant by that. You will get a speed less than 512kbps for sure. Your service provider gave you a bandwidth of 512 kbps only. You cannot get anything more than that unless you upgrade to a plan with higher bandwidth

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Will they increase my internet speed?

No. You're limited by your pipe. if anything it'll increase the latency thanks to the extra overhead.

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In a word 'no'

Even if you have a 1GBps Proxy, it'll have to transfer you the data through the internet connection you use. If you use a dialup, you'll get dialup speeds, doesn't matter if you surf through a proxy or VPN.

In short the proxy being high speed will not automatically make your slow internet high speed :wink: