Hi5 is a social networking website, which, throughout 2007, was one of the 25 most visited sites on the web. The company was founded in 2002 by Ramu Yalamanchi who is also the current CEO As of December 2008.

Hi5 is already comparable to Facebook in terms of users with 35 million, but most of those are outside of the US, which happens to be Facebook's weak area. Hi5 is one of the leading social networks in the world, with over 60 million registered members. It’s estimated that Hi5 gets 100,000 new people joining it every day and it's the most popular network in many countries like Mexico and in Asia.

In Hi5, users create an online profile in order to show information such as interests, age and hometown and upload user pictures where users can post comments. Hi5 also allows the user to create personal photo albums and set up a music player in the profile. Similar to Myspace and Facebook users can send Friend requests to friends and family to invite them to join their online community.

One of the most commonly searched key words/phrases on GOOGLE and YAHOO is the keywords: Hi5 proxy, unblock Hi5 and how to get on Hi5 at school such is the demand for the online service. Businesses/colleges and some local ISP (Internet Service Providers) deem Hi5 unsuitable for viewer ship and as a result block the service from opening.

There are many different ways to unblock Hi5 from behind a firewall filter. However, the best and easiest way of doing so is through a personnel VPN service which can be downloaded onto office or home computer.

What is VPN?

VPN or what are commonly known as VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnels, are frequently used by corporations and government bodies, to allow remote workers to make secure internet connections to the office network. VPN is currently the most advanced form of anonymity and data security for use on the Internet. VPN users often have dynamic IP addresses and can have a different IP address with every connection that they make. www.thenetgate.org is one of the safest and most reliable ways to beat the blocking of Hi5.

What is TheNetgate.org?

TheNetgate is a Secure VPN Messenger & VOIP internet service & community that enables users to access & interact with their social networks, through a totally secure VPN secured platform.