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Started by FunkyJ · 7 Feb 2011 · 5 posts survive · see it on the Wayback Machine

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FunkyJPromoters
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Posted: 7 Feb 2011, 7:48amSubject: VPNs
I need Nerd Advice! - Anyone use a VPN?
I want to watch iView but it's blocked outside of Oz. Just wondering what people use and which are the best ones and best value?
John LPosts: 3,036
Posted: 7 Feb 2011, 10:56amSubject: Re: VPNs
Quote from: FunkyJ on February 07, 2011, 07:48:20 AM
I need Nerd Advice! - Anyone use a VPN?
I want to watch iView but it's blocked outside of Oz. Just wondering what people use and which are the best ones and best value?

Wouldnt you use a Proxy of some type to access it not a VPN necessarily?
Get off my lawn.
GlockPosts: 8,640
Posted: 7 Feb 2011, 3:06pmSubject: Re: VPNs
Try this. I use it over here to get around the ridiculous keyword blocking (torrent etc.) they have on the router in my apartment building...

www.safeforwork.net
FunkyJPromoters
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Posted: 8 Feb 2011, 1:58pmSubject: Re: VPNs
Quote from: John L on February 07, 2011, 10:56:20 AM
Wouldnt you use a Proxy of some type to access it not a VPN necessarily?

The problem is proxies are hunted and I'd constantly have to change it.

With a VPN, I just tunnel to the Australian server and view it that way.

The ones that keep coming up in reviews and recommendations are witopia and overplay, as they both have servers in Australia.

One of the bonuses of doing things this way is it allows me to access Hulu and the BBC viewer and also the US Steam and US iTunes store, which will be cheaper to purchase games etc.