* on the Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 04:26:24PM -0700, bao song wrote: > Some time ago (2008) I read about a Canadian who used Tor to view > Hulu. > > I tried it from outside the US, and it worked, but the speed was too > slow for me to use it regularly. Today, a clip from Hulu was highly > recommended by the New York Times, so I tried again: Hulu now tries to > block all attempts to connect via Tor. I tried two US exits, and both > were blocked. > > Of course, the idea of Tor is NOT to allow people to watch high > bandwidth commercial videos restricted to US audiences, but to allow > people who need privacy to obtain it. > > Still, it was nice to be able to use tor to access Hulu while it > lasted.
If you shop around, you'll find you can get a virtual server in the US for just a few dollars a month. If you bounce your connection through one of those, it'll be a lot faster too. You could even split the cost if you know other people who would want access. -- Erilenz
