VPN Question

[Kirwan]

The last VPN I used to get US Netflix stopped working a while ago, and I’m only just getting around to setting it up again.

Anybody have one working they can recommend?

[Bones]

@kirwan I signed up to Tunnelbear when I was in Aus a couple of months ago to use uk netflix/sky and pretty sure it worked fine. I can test out later for US netflix if you like.

[Kirwan]

@bones said in VPN Question:

@kirwan I signed up to Tunnelbear when I was in Aus a couple of months ago to use uk netflix/sky and pretty sure it worked fine. I can test out later for US netflix if you like.

Please, I’ll take a look at that as well.

[taniwharugby]

I thought they'd managed to find a way to stop people doing it...least I couldn't do it with my VPN.

[Machpants]

Often they find out the IPs of VPN servers and block them, so it's a game of whack a mole.

[Kirwan]

@machpants said in VPN Question:

Often they find out the IPs of VPN servers and block them, so it's a game of whack a mole.

Yep, that’s where I’m at. TunnelBear didn’t work, at least on its free tier.

[Machpants]

Yup you've gotta find some service that is small enough they haven't tracked it down yet, and not pay for it cos they could block it at any time

[Bones]

@kirwan ummm....how do I tell if I'm looking at Netflix US?

[Kirwan]

@bones said in VPN Question:

@kirwan ummm....how do I tell if I'm looking at Netflix US?

See if the Last Jedi is available, or the latest Thor. And it plays without the proxy error

[Bones]

@kirwan bugger, no joy sorry, didn't play.

[Kirwan]

@bones said in VPN Question:

@kirwan bugger, no joy sorry, didn't play.

Yeah, I got excited when I saw them turn up

[Tim]

@kirwan maybe try mulvad? Think it's free for a 1 hour trial.

[Crucial]

VPNs are getting less and less effective for accessing content as the content providers are putting more effort into identifying them and shutting them down.
It isn't difficult, basically if you see more requests than normal from an IP address it is likely to be a VPN.
I have heard that DDNS is better although I haven't tried. If accessing outside of a browser (eg an App) then many providers now insist that location services is turned on or the app won't function. Hard to get around that.

[Kirwan]

Thanks I’ll take a look at that too. I’d be fine with browser based as last resort.

[antipodean]

I've used TOR when desperate, but the problem is getting a IP based in the country you want, or at least accepted. Becomes very hit and miss.

[Machpants]

https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/01/the-best-vpn-for-netflix-in-september-2018

Dunno if the same applies for NZ

[Bones]

@machpants
"Get an 18 month subscription from Cyber Ghost and only be committed for 18 months"

I stopped reading.

[Machpants]

Fair enough, I didn't read, just saw the headline in my feed

[Bones]

So @Kirwan I just had a thought that I should have tried.

I have a friend who is in Tenerife today and couldn't find anywhere open to watch the first half of ABs. Thinking the UK sky app won't work overseas he used TunnelBear to VPN to UK on his phone then tethered the ipad to the phone and the sky app works on the ipad.

Tried that option for Netflix?

[Kirwan]

@bones said in VPN Question:

So @Kirwan I just had a thought that I should have tried.

I have a friend who is in Tenerife today and couldn't find anywhere open to watch the first half of ABs. Thinking the UK sky app won't work overseas he used TunnelBear to VPN to UK on his phone then tethered the ipad to the phone and the sky app works on the ipad.

Tried that option for Netflix?

No, I haven’t. I will give it a try, thanks.