[Wylug-discuss] Saving money on GPRS Web browsing

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Hi all,
Don't you just love Linux.... just came across this little gem.

ssh -l <login ID> <hostname> -C -L8080:<proxy_at_ISP>:80 -f sleep 10000

It uses ssh to create a compressed tunnel, so if you're using GPRS to
browse the web and you have an account on broadband connected machine
then you can save 66% on your data usage (assuming 1:3 compression)

More details at:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Compressed-TCP-2.html

Simon.