VPN advice

SouthCoastOwl

New member

May 23, 2013

1,719

Vaux Sur Seine

• Nov 11, 2015

• #1

After a year and a half of flawless connection my current VPN hasn't been as reliable as I'd like recently, so I'm thinking of changing provider.

I'm not a big downloader of films/music and really only use it to watch British telly (iPlayer, SKY etc....), so I was wondering if any of my fellow NSCers have any recommendations of decent providers.

 

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knocky1

Well-known member

Jan 20, 2010

12,963

• Nov 11, 2015

• #2

I know where you can find providers of VPL.

 

SouthCoastOwl

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May 23, 2013

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Vaux Sur Seine

• Nov 11, 2015

• Thread starter
• #3

knocky1 said:

I know where you can find providers of VPL.

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Good shout. I was expecting a couple of sensible answers before the VPL gags started so you've exceeded my expectations

 

RandyWanger

Je suis rôti de boeuf

Mar 14, 2013

6,032

Done a Frexit, now in London

• Nov 11, 2015

• #4

What's your current provider? Expat Shield seems to be the most popular one I come across when fixing expats computers. I use Anonimox firefox plugin with ad block plus to keep things in check on my mac, works well enough for my needs. You can get away with the free one if you disable it as soon as the program starts, the geo check is usually done at the beginning and then not repeated.

 

Steve in Japan

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May 9, 2013

4,449

East of Eastbourne

• Nov 11, 2015

• #5

I use Private Internet Access when overseas, no complaints, USD40 a year.

 

SouthCoastOwl

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May 23, 2013

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Vaux Sur Seine

• Nov 11, 2015

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• #6

RandyWanger said:

What's your current provider? Expat Shield seems to be the most popular one I come across when fixing expats computers. I use Anonimox firefox plugin with ad block plus to keep things in check on my mac, works well enough for my needs. You can get away with the free one if you disable it as soon as the program starts, the geo check is usually done at the beginning and then not repeated.

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Currently using MyExPatNet, like I said it's been flawless for over a year and then this past couple of weeks unreliable.

 

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Richy_Seagull

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Oct 7, 2003

2,416

Brighton

• Nov 11, 2015

• #7

Private internet access does the job

 

TWOCHOICEStom

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Sep 22, 2007

10,559

Brighton

• Nov 11, 2015

• #8

If it's just for light watching, I use TunnelBear which is free and is good for 500MB per month. Not enough for any real content, but allows me british access to the BBC site, able to watch the highlights on Sky Sports site too.

 

madinthehead

I have changed this

Jan 22, 2009

1,752

Oberursel, Germany

• Nov 11, 2015

• #9

I have been using these for several years.. Also seems a little flaky recently though..
https://www.vpnuk.net

 

KZNSeagull

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Nov 26, 2007

19,794

Wolsingham, County Durham

• Nov 11, 2015

• #10

I have been using CyberGhost for the last couple of months - does the job. It is not free though - they all seemed to be full of spyware and other cr*p.

 

Boroseagull

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Aug 23, 2003

2,060

Alhaurin de la Torre

• Nov 11, 2015

• #11

I just use 'Hola unblocker'......works for me, and it's free!

 

hart's shirt

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Jul 8, 2003

10,167

Kitbag in Dubai

• Nov 11, 2015

• #12

Hotspot Shield here.

No problems so far.

 

John Bumlick

Banned

Apr 29, 2007

3,483

here hare here

• Nov 11, 2015

• #13

Boroseagull said:

I just use 'Hola unblocker'......works for me, and it's free!

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Do not use hola - Google it.

 

Publius Ovidius

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Jul 5, 2003

46,009

at home

• Nov 11, 2015

• #14

We have Cisco F5 tunnel for our home / work VPN connectivity, which is fine when it is working , but when the time changes happened a few weeks ago from BST to GMT, it was carnage as the feckers reset the main servers and the timings went out by 2 minutes, which meant our RSA tokens were not syncing.

Useless bunch of .....etc etc

 

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GingerBeerMan

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Dec 29, 2011

8,024

• Nov 11, 2015

• #15

Iplayer is blocking VPN access. Don't pay by year, you may find 1 month into your 12 month contract iplayer doesn't work anymore and you'll have to go to another company.