A method and system are provided for redirecting an electronic content request to an alternate content transport mechanism. Electronic content received from a first transport mechanism, such as a satellite broadcast system, is transmitted to and stored at an end-user content cache. If the user subsequently requests content from an alternate transport mechanism, such as the Internet, a transport proxy server intercepts the request. The transport proxy server compares the URL entered by the user with a database of URLs associated with web site content that has been transmitted to and stored at the user's local content cache via the first transport mechanism. If the content requested by the user is presently stored on the user's local content cache, the user's request is redirected to the device or access application for the first transport mechanism which then retrieves and delivers the requested content from the local storage cache. Needless connection to the Internet web site to obtain the content via the second transport mechanism is avoided.