| Having trouble watching YouTube or other video | | | | the job. Be aware that this kind of proxy is usually |
| sites with your proxy server? This is a very | | | | very limited. They are also shared, meaning that |
| common problem and it stems from how proxy | | | | they might be slow and unreliable if too many people |
| servers are designed. There are two basic kinds of | | | | start accessing it at the same time. |
| proxies: web based or standard http/socks proxies. | | | | The other solution is to setup your own HTTP proxy. |
| Each of these two different kinds of proxy servers | | | | These kinds of proxies usually aren't free like web |
| has certain features. | | | | based ones, but they are much more reliable and a |
| The main problem many people can't view videos on | | | | hack of a lot faster. Why pay for a proxy server if |
| Youtube is because they are using a proxy server | | | | you can use one for free? Well, if you have a web |
| that does not support videos and probably a lot of | | | | proxy that works for what you need then I would |
| other social networking website features. Avoid | | | | advise that you don't pay for an elite or http proxy. |
| web proxies if possible. This isn't to say they don't | | | | It is obvious that you don't need one. However, |
| work, but they only work for the most basic of | | | | you may find that web proxies aren't working for |
| things. If you really want to view videos on | | | | you. This can be due to a lot of reasons, like poor |
| Youtube, then the best thing would be to search for | | | | performance, certain website features don't work |
| a web proxy that was specifically designed for | | | | and very little anonymity to just name a few. |
| videos. A quick Google search for "youtube proxy" | | | | Getting your own elite proxy server is very cheap |
| should turn up a bunch of web based proxies that do | | | | and will set you back only $9 USD or so a month. |