Only if you’re in Europe. The odds of a European proxy being faster for an American are quite slim. The closer you are located to the proxy server, the faster it will work for you.

If you’re in the UK and trying to use an American or Canadian proxy server, it will load quite slowly. It’s always more beneficial to use a proxy site or server that’s near you.

A proxy server will download the blocked site, and then send it back to you for your viewing. Now imagine the downloaded files are at the other end of the world, of course it will take longer for you to get. If you’re in the UK, we recommend you try to find one “local” to you so you don’t spend 90% of the time waiting.