On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 11:00:29 -0400, Aled Hughes wrote: > >>Gil, I'm not sure what you are referring to. I was discussing IBM's lack of >>'selling the message' either by advertizing on TV or the press here in >>Europe. And as Steve Comstock said, has IBM done anything like that 'server' >>ad in 2006 which I did see when I lived over there? > > I meant that VPN or a proxy can make it appear that you're connecting from > a site in the US, perhaps allowing you to view content that's blocked outside > the U.S.
And the "venerable" BBC just said that VPN technology should be restricted by ISPs because "heavy" users are probably pirates. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/heavy_vpn_users_are_probably_pirates_says_bbc/ -- There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! Genghis Khan Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
