Proxies
I never even knew what a proxy was until last year when some of my geek friends made me aware of how the servers and hosts process and relay your internet connection.
I have to log on every night to download reports for my job, but out of the blue my connection to work got blocked or banned somehow. I was frantic to get a connection and tried different computers, different browsers, I tired WiFi and I tried a direct modem connection and nothing worked.
So my geek friend suggested I try a proxy site to see if I could access the reports that way. He was right! So I’m using a proxy every day as a practical matter. Others might find the privacy factor important.
Either way, if you are interested in a list of Proxy sites, check this out.