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# My connection is slow

> Learn why your proxy connection might be slow and how to optimize it for better performance.

The speed of a proxy connection depends on multiple factors. If you are experiencing slow response times, here is a checklist to help you diagnose the cause.

### Factor 1: The "Speed of Light" (Geography)

The physical distance between your server, our proxy, and the target website is the most significant factor.

* **Scenario:** Your scraping server is in New York, your proxy is in Australia, and the target website is in London. Your data has to travel around the world and back.
* **Solution: Co-location.** Try to choose a proxy geo-location that is physically close to either **your server** or the **target website**.
  * If the target server is fast, choose a proxy **close to your server**.
  * If the target server is slow, choose a proxy **close to the target**.

### Factor 2: The Target Website's Performance

Often, the bottleneck is not the proxy, but the website you are scraping.

* **How to Test:** Try making the same request to a known fast website (like `google.com`) through the same proxy.
  * **If the request to Google is fast:** The problem is with your original target website, not our proxy.
  * **If the request to Google is also slow:** The problem might be with the proxy connection.

### Factor 3: The Specific Residential IP

Residential and mobile IPs are real devices, and their connection speeds can vary. Occasionally, you may be assigned an IP on a slower network.

* **Solution: Rotate the IP.** Simply make your next request with a new session ID (or no session ID) to get a new IP address from our pool. The vast majority of IPs in our network are on high-speed connections.

### Factor 4: Your Own Network Connection

Ensure that the network connection of your own server is not the bottleneck. Run a speed test from your server to a nearby location to check its baseline performance.