Can I access i players etc abroad now I have a vpn ??
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Depends very much on the VPN, free ones don't usually work for long, paid for ones are variable but I have used Pure VPN successfully for a few years on and off.
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Very few work, we're using NordVPN at the moment, OK but can't download on iPlayer but you are able to watch stuff, live or recorded.
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Is that with a UK activated SIM card? Mobile data always thinks your're in the country of activation (except for roaming charges
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We had the same problem with Pure VPN, I had forgotten about that, not using it at the moment, we are in France and have satellite TV.
I have no idea how they can tell the difference!
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No problems if using a UK SIM roaming but most providers have introduced roaming charges and limits for longer term use.Is that with a UK activated SIM card? Mobile data always thinks your're in the country of activation (except for roaming charges
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Yup - thank goodness the satellite system works so we can still get BBC telly when touring in Europe (although our mobile data supplier still hasn't put any roaming charges or data caps on yet)
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I can access it OK without a vpn.Watched Match of the day last night.UK sim though.BUSBY.
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Yes 3 from uk, no roaming charge, as in Europe.Is that with a UK activated SIM card? Mobile data always thinks your're in the country of activation (except for roaming charges
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That will depend where in Europe you are and the size of dish you have... Most people will lose the signal as they pass further south in France...
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85cm dish - Had it in all of France and Northern Italy. Off to Spain for the first time in November so I may be pushing my luck down there
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ours is 85cm, Spain is a no no... unless your Arabic is up to scratch.... We normally lose it near Toulouse...
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Had it no probs in Perpignan but not really expecting much in Spain tbh
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We came down through France into Spain. Managed to get iPlayer with mobile phone tethering until we got into the south then it wouldn't work. Since then we've been on campsites with good WiFi and have used a VPN (SurfShark) and have been watching stuff on iPlayer, All4 and ITV. You have to ensure you're connecting to a GB VPN server otherwise it doesn't work. And you need good WiFI because the VPN takes up some of the WiFi bandwidth, plus there's the extra hop to the VPN server, so the VPN generally doesn't work with 4G on a mobile phone as there's insufficient bandwidth. One other point - some of the content on Amazon and Netflix is restricted if you're watching in Europe, unless you're using a VPN.
If you have Auto skew on your dish and a sky + digi box you should get some programmes right down to the coast of we always get most sky programmes exepting BBC and ITV Spain.
Yep Sky subscriptions channels , sports , movies , sky news , documentary channels available all over Spain with an 85cm as there on the Pan European Beam .If you have Auto skew on your dish and a sky + digi box you should get some programmes right down to the coast of we always get most sky programmes exepting BBC and ITV Spain.
If you want BBC 1and 2 / ITV , Channel 4 , 5 and BBC radio stations they are easily receivable in Spain and Portugal with an 85cm dish and the correct satellite receiver using Intelsat 901
If you have decent broadband at home (i.e. a reasonable upload speed), and a good router, then why can't you just VPN into your home system and out from there to iPlayer etc?
I can certainly connect easily back to home via VPN so I'm not sure why I'd need to pay for an additional service that may get blocked.
I can certainly connect easily back to home via VPN so I'm not sure why I'd need to pay for an additional service that may get blocked.
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Streaming services are becoming increasingly canny. VPN in itself is no guarantee of streaming as at home. Free ones are apparently no use.
Worth googling for the various issues.
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I use openVPN on my home router..... for free!
Worth googling for the various issues.
How to bypass VPN blocks for Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, BBC
Is your VPN blocked by major websites? We explain how region-locked services detect VPNs, and show you how to bypass VPN blocks for several streaming sites.
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Sorry for being ignorant but what is vpn
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Google is your friend for a detailed answer.
Like this for example.
What is a VPN and what does it do? - Norton
A VPN is an app or service that creates an encrypted connection to protect your online activity. Learn what VPNs are and how they work.
Well, first you would need to have an upload speed of at least 10mbps at home, preferably more as your home router has to send the resulting browsing/streaming back to you. You will need to know your home router's external IP address or use a dynamic DNS service. If you haven't got a fixed IP at home then there are free DDNS services available. Many routers include such a service. Then, it's easiest if you have a router that allows you to connect to it with a VPN connection that you can configure to be secure. I use a DrayTek router for this, but others will be able to especially if they are business grade. Finally on your laptop (Mac or Windows) or tablet/phone (iPhone/iPad) you can use the built-in VPN client software to setup the connection password/pre-shared key that you entered on your router.
Once this is done, you are ready. You should now be able to connect back to home with a single click and then use apps such as iPlayer to access services just as if you were doing so from home.
This may sound complex, but the end result is a private free secure VPN service that will be virtually undetectable and unlikely to be blocked as you would be the only user.
I wonder if you'd be prepared to expand on the above solution. It sounds very interesting but I have broadband through Sky so use their router. How wwould I find its external IP address? And how do I know whether it will allow me to connect to it with a VPN connection that I can configure?
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I'm actually in France at the moment and using my own private VPN connection back to the UK from my laptop. I'm able to watch BBC iPlayer no problem and get the BBC news web pages without adverts. I'm doing this while using a French Wifi that would otherwise be blocked by the BBC for iPlayer.
It's easy enough to find your router's current external IP address while you are at home using it. Just go to a website such as Broken Link Removed . However, you may not have a fixed ip address depending upon your contract with your ISP. You can either ask for a fixed ip address or use a service that will always allow you to find it out or subscribe to a dynamic DNS service. My DrayTek router comes with this free of charge so for example I can just ask to go to xxxxxx.drayddns.com and it causes my laptop's VPN connection to go to my home router wherever I am in the world (obviously I'm not telling you what xxxxxx is really otherwise you will all try to use it!)
I am not familiar with Sky's router so don't know if it can accept incoming VPN connections - it probably can't. But there are many routers out there that can and are not too difficult to configure.
Incidentally, I've learnt a couple of lessons now that I've been doing this for real.
1. It's important to ensure all traffic is routed via VPN. I had to tweek my MacBook settings to achieve this. Otherwise your traffic could still come via France instead.
2. You may well have an IP6 address as well as an IP4 address. At the moment my home router is passing my French IP6 address through to the BBC, but because my IP4 address is a UK one, I'm still accepted as being in the UK. I'll sort this out as soon as I'm back in case the BBC wake up to this anomaly and spot what's going on.
We got iplayer all over France with our Firestick a few weeks ago,and were not using a vpn!
After trying several, i ended up with ExpressVpn which i use professionally. I use it for security, not for trying to get around geographic content blocking. However, my understanding is that there is a constant battle between vpn services & content providers, where the content providers will try to block every vpn service. You may therefore have an experience where your content is blocked for a while until the vpn service finds a way around the latest block.
Using data from a UK mobile phone I assume?
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