1. A method for delivering by a controller a content object to a client for precaching, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving from a client, by a controller, a profile identifying a resource subscribed to by a user, the client comprising an end node of a local network and having a browser operated by the user; (b) determining, by the controller, that a content object stored on a content server corresponds to the resource identified by the profile; and (c) transmitting, by the controller, a message to the client to initiate a download of the content object from a location identified by the message.