There's various techniques services can use to detect inconsistencies.
Browsers still give a lot away...
With your DNS redirection enabled, run the tests on http://ipleak.net and
see whether you pass things like the WebRTC IP leak tests. If so, great,
but it doesn't guarantee problem free access.
Netflix, Amazon and various other services including the BBC gather details
of VPN providers and their IP ranges. It's not hard to identify client IPs
proxying traffic, so even if you carefully obfuscate your usage you might
find VPNed traffic gets blocked in future.
Best off running your own Linux VPS on a private IP geolocated to the UK
and SSH / VPN through it. :-)
On 22 December 2018 22:45:33 Dave Widgery <[email protected]> wrote:
I started out using Hotspot shield very successfully for many years,
then had a problem as the BBC managed to block it for a short while,
so started using smart DNS proxy, because I didn't cancel my
subscription on HSS I now pay for both, which still isn't very
expensive but handy if one gets blocked I can use the other.
I don't see much difference in performance between them, but Smart DNS
proxy is a lot more flexible as you only have to change network
settings and do not have to run a client on every machine which is not
always available (unix based systems for example).
Dave
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 15:28, Paul Thornett <[email protected]> wrote:
VPNs are often very slow. Much faster, and a solution that works well
for me, is something called Smart DNS, which is essentially a
different set of DNS
addresses. Both VPNs and DNS redirection will cost you a small amount
of money - ignore the so-called free offerings, they are usually very
slow and often not to be trusted.
Regards,
Paul Thornett
Regards,
Paul Thornett
On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 00:33, Chris Marriott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> That's the way it's always been. TV programmes are geo-restricted, but radio
> programmes are not. You need to use a VPN which makes you appear to be in
> the UK if you want to download TV programmes.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CJB
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 1:06 PM
> To: get_iplayer-request
> Subject: Europe
>
> Hi - we were in Budapest recently with a fast wifi connection at the
> IBIS hotel!!!
>
> I tried the GiP PVR and did a cache refresh quickly and easily both
> for Radio & T.V.
>
> Then I ran the PVR list and this too went OK. For example it
> downloaded the latest 'Beyond Our Ken' for 16-12-2018 which ended up
> as:
>
> Beyond_Our_Ken_-_From_4_6_1959_m0001k9d_original.m4a
>
> File size : 69.1 MiB
> Duration : 30 min 4 s
> Overall bit rate mode : Variable
> Overall bit rate : 322 kb/s
>
> Just the same as in the UK.
>
> BUT ... no t.v. downloads.
>
> CJB
>
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