Looking for a reliable test proxy – any recommendations? or How do you verify if a test proxy is actu

If you’re scraping, avoid free test proxies like the plague. They’re either slow, dead, or already blacklisted.

I swear by GeoSurf for geo-testing—their IPs are clean, and speeds are consistent. A bit pricey, but worth it if you need reliability.

To test, I use ping + a simple Python script to fetch a page. If it times out, next!