best VPM

[chrisandbev]

hi can someone recommend the best VPM free download in Spain so i can watch bbc please

 

[Reallyretired]

Assume you mean VPN. I don't think any are free as they must cost a fair bit to set up. I use Express, but the BBC appears wise to a some of their ip addresses and blocks them. Nord is heavily plugged by the vanlifers.

 

[Speedyian]

I use Surfshark as, at the moment, there is no limit to the number of items it can be installed on.

 

[j8snl]

I've used Express VPN for years. Not the cheapest solution but solid and works on all devices.

If you're looking for something free, try Privado VPN, it is free within a certain data allowance, 10gb per month from memory. Proton I believe is also a free option.

 

[fishplug]

If you have a UK base with internet then it's cheap and easy to get a Rasperry Pi and set it up as a VPN using something like WireShark (lots of other free options available)

You then connect back to your own IP address at home so it won't be blocked by anyone or get slow if lots of other people are using it etc.

If (like most of us) you don't have a fixed IP at home then you might also want something like Twingate to be able to remote into your home network, find out what the new IP is if it's changed, and update it as needed so that your VPN continues to work.

I don't have a fixed IP - but it hasn't changed in 5 years....

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[Gromett]

Jake did a very good video on the subject which makes it easy for beginners to roll their own.

 

[starquake]

Jake did a very good video on the subject which makes it easy for beginners to roll their own.

It is easy to roll your own. However if you have a old school FTTC connection like I do, the home broadband being 20 Mbit UP is the best you can achieve DOWN on any connection.

In my case, with the best fibre available at moment (we get FTTP next month) at present it would be consdierably slower to roll my own than buy from ExpressVPN.

Equally worth noting, FTTP is currently the minority of fibre connections, and I suspect reccomending using this would actually be slower in the "majority" of UK fibre (FTTC) connections.

 

[Gromett]

It is easy to roll your own. However if you have a old school FTTC connection like I do, the home broadband being 20 Mbit UP is the best you can achieve DOWN on any connection.

In my case, with the best fibre available at moment (we get FTTP next month) at present it would be consdierably slower to roll my own than buy from ExpressVPN.

Equally worth noting, FTTP is currently the minority of fibre connections, and I suspect reccomending using this would actually be slower in the "majority" of UK fibre (FTTC) connections.

Jake's main demonstration is using a VPS to run a VPN. He does show the home system later on, but the main part is using a $5 VPS.

 

[starquake]

Jake's main demonstration is using a VPS to run a VPN. He does show the home system later on, but the main part is using a $5 VPS.

Oh indeed, you can do that, but I've found personally (I actually do this myself) that the Amazon and Azure endpoints are more blocked than ExpresVPN on iplayer etc. I now keep the VPS/Amazon vpn more for use in getting back to my home network from when abroad than for use for iplayer etc.

I wouldn't reccomend the VPS route if you want a VPN for TV use, given the above blocking being extremely common now.

If you do have FTTP with 100 up at home, I would reccokmend building your own however, it's trivial, and would be better, and less blocked or ever likely to be blocked than Express, Nord etc.

 

[CAB96]

Windscribe do a small amount free every month.

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[EuroTrotters]

NORD Because its included with my Revolut

 

[StillGoing]

Windscribe do a small amount free every month.

We successfully used it from Spain and Portugal last year so my wife could watch Strictly.

 

[stewartwebr]

Express VPN works for us, not the cheapest but the best at keeping ahead in the continual game of cat and mouse with the BBC etc. We have tried others who have not been as good so have remained with Express. Used it all over the world, currently watching Question Time in Thailand.

 

[starquake]

Express VPN works for us, not the cheapest but the best at keeping ahead in the continual game of cat and mouse with the BBC etc. We have tried others who have not been as good so have remained with Express. Used it all over the world, currently watching Question Time in Thailand.

That is why I (despite having a VPS and home based endpoint too) use and pay for Express. They just are on-it on avoiding blocks from the various content providers, and provide many endpoints on the rare occasion you get blocked so you can just change from Manchester to one of 3-4 London endpoints (or pick somewhere else). The app for the Firestick is also wife-proof, and even she can manage changing region if needed.

 

[Miggs]

Proton is one of the best free ones.