[Remy]

Originally Posted by Mzyxptlk

How can being behind a proxy save bandwidth? (Serious question btw)

Well, it can save bandwidth if the proxy also acts as a caching mechanism (ie, a proxy cache). That way, pages already loaded by person A, do not have to be loaded from an external URL by person B. There is much more to this of course, but in general, a proxy cache saves bandwidth.

Not that it matetrs much on modern internet connections, but in some parts of the world this is actually still very important.