James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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I'm looking into using a VPN site for a couple of reasons. Mainly because I want to access the US Netflix but also because I might be taking a job that will involve a lot of travel and I still want to be able to use Netflix, iPlayer, TV Catchup etc.
What do people recommend? HideMyAss seems to come out on top. It's $50 for 6 months which seems reasonable.
[Edited on 16-06-2012 by James]
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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These are supposed to be good, not use them though as I've never needed to; http://www.purevpn.com/order/
Could always setup a VPN on your router, obviously speed would depend on your connection and wouldnt be able to access Hulu
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I use UnblockUs - $5 Canadian a month, so less than £3 and you can get a US IP for a number of different sites as it works by changing your DNS rather than connecting to a VPN.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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What's the advantage of us netflix over uk?
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Dom
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If you're handy with linux then you could grab a LEB ('Low End Box' ie: cheap) unmanged VPS instance for a dollar or two a month and get a VPN tunnel setup.
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Originally posted by Gary
What's the advantage of us netflix over uk?
Amount of films/tv series is a lot more.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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May have to look into this then. Not up for spending a lot though
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James
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If you're prepared to commit to 12 months with HideMyAss it's only $6.55 a month which is just over £4 a month.
The choice is miles better on Netflix USA.
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ed
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UnblockUs is 5 CAD a month and it WORKS!
Been using it for a month or so now - have two different locations set on my computer so I either use their DNS (when on Netflix) or 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 for all other times.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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I have a spare router, so coukd I set that one up to. A US dns and just swap over when I need to? Needs to be girlfiend friendky
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ed
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You can setup UnblockUs to be your routers DNS and just leave it at that - I just have it setup on my laptop so I switch because it doesn't work on public wifi as you need to use their DNS and there's a bit of IT paranoia in there too as they can see any requests made using their network.
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I use UnblockUs - $5 Canadian a month, so less than £3 and you can get a US IP for a number of different sites as it works by changing your DNS rather than connecting to a VPN.
This!
Been using UnblockUS for 6 months now and never had any issues. Never bothered with using a different DNS as it doesn't affect speed or latency at all.
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