[Technology] Vpn & bbc

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull

Aug 27, 2011

8,530

Brighton

• Oct 19, 2020

• #1

Over the years I've tried many VPN's but all fall down on one major problem, the BBC.
'Keep your browsing' safe say all these companies, so I fall for their adverts and log in. My second go to page is bbc.co.uk but with a VPN, even using a UK connection, I always get sent to the international site bbc.com. I use firefox but find the same problem with Microsoft Edge.
Is it just me?

 

dazzer6666

Well-known member

NSC Patron

Mar 27, 2013

52,348

Burgess Hill

• Oct 19, 2020

• #2

I remember the good times said:

Over the years I've tried many VPN's but all fall down on one major problem, the BBC.
'Keep your browsing' safe say all these companies, so I fall for their adverts and log in. My second go to page is bbc.co.uk but with a VPN, even using a UK connection, I always get sent to the international site bbc.com. I use firefox but find the same problem with Microsoft Edge.
Is it just me?

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No - I had the same issue a lot when travelling. BBC site apparently recognises overseas IP addresses and VPNs, so defaults to the international .com site. More info below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/questions/behind-the-scenes/website-domain-change

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/playback-issues/outside-uk-message

 

studio150

Well-known member

Jul 30, 2011

29,606

On the Border

• Oct 19, 2020

• #3

I remember the good times said:

Over the years I've tried many VPN's but all fall down on one major problem, the BBC.
'Keep your browsing' safe say all these companies, so I fall for their adverts and log in. My second go to page is bbc.co.uk but with a VPN, even using a UK connection, I always get sent to the international site bbc.com. I use firefox but find the same problem with Microsoft Edge.
Is it just me?

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I get the same using Chrome

 

Badger

NOT the Honey Badger

NSC Patron

May 8, 2007

12,773

Toronto

• Oct 19, 2020

• #4

I think the only difference is the ads. I find the Ad Blocker works really well on bbc.com. I only enabled it after some of the ads made the site almost unusably slow.

However, if you want to use iPlayer it only works with certain VPNs.

 

StonehamPark

#Brighton-Nil

Oct 30, 2010

9,773

BC, Canada

• Oct 19, 2020

• #5

I see this problem come up all the time and there's a reason, and easy fix.

Reason: most people use the default UK vpn IP addresses. Because of the amount of traffic on these IPs, they're quickly flagged by the BBC (and others), this is why you can't get through.

Fix: use a relatively unknown ip address with your vpn provider. The free vpn services likely won't offer them. I use Nord. The default IPs even with Nord get flagged. But you can search within the app for a more unique IP which gets me through 100% of the time.

If you use Nord, let me know and I'll happily walk you through the easy process.

 

Whoislloydy

Well-known member

May 2, 2016

2,445

Vancouver, British Columbia

• Oct 19, 2020

• #6

Anyone know how to access iPlayer from a country outside of the UK from a Amazon streaming device?

 

happypig

Staring at the rude boys

May 23, 2009

7,956

Eastbourne

• Oct 19, 2020

• #7

StonehamPark said:

I see this problem come up all the time and there's a reason, and easy fix.

Reason: most people use the default UK vpn IP addresses. Because of the amount of traffic on these IPs, they're quickly flagged by the BBC (and others), this is why you can't get through.

Fix: use a relatively unknown ip address with your vpn provider. The free vpn services likely won't offer them. I use Nord. The default IPs even with Nord get flagged. But you can search within the app for a more unique IP which gets me through 100% of the time.

If you use Nord, let me know and I'll happily walk you through the easy process.

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I'll second Nord VPN. Connected through it ATM and get the UK BBC site. They change IP addresses quite regularly.

 

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster

Jul 5, 2003

72,015

• Oct 19, 2020

• #8

I use Express VPN and it gets blocked by BBC, most others work, although Dazn also appears to block Express VPN now

 

StonehamPark

#Brighton-Nil

Oct 30, 2010

9,773

BC, Canada

• Oct 19, 2020

• #9

Icy Gull said:

I use Express VPN and it gets blocked by BBC, most others work, although Dazn also appears to block Express VPN now

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Just an FYI, your vpn provider doesn't get blocked, its purely the ip address you're using.
There will be many unique (or lesser used) ip addresses available to use via express.
You should be able to search using express for the entire list of ip addresses and find one that works.

 

S

Springal

Well-known member

Feb 12, 2005

23,830

GOSBTS

• Oct 19, 2020

• #10

I can't really think of any reason to use a VPN if you are in the UK.

Many of the big content delivery networks 'know' of the IP blocks used by the VPN providers and will block them anyway. I had this problem when trying to watch Sky Sports abroad once.

Even paid for ones like NordVPN push 'security' as a reason why everyone should use one - but they got hacked themselves last year !

https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/21/n...V6VmUAfsno8-YXvokJVLnYMSPTIPm0AdQM3k3cVmidlzS

 

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster

Jul 5, 2003

72,015

• Oct 19, 2020

• #11

StonehamPark said:

Just an FYI, your vpn provider doesn't get blocked, its purely the ip address you're using.
There will be many unique (or lesser used) ip addresses available to use via express.
You should be able to search using express for the entire list of ip addresses and find one that works.

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Thanks, I’ll check that out

 

Boroseagull

Well-known member

Aug 23, 2003

2,060

Alhaurin de la Torre

• Oct 19, 2020

• #12

UKexpatVPN guarantees that it works with iPlayer/ITV Hub/Channel 4/My5/BT Sport/ Amazon Prime. Been using it for 2 years now without problem.

 

RexCathedra

Aurea Mediocritas

Jan 14, 2005

3,499

Vacationland

• Oct 19, 2020

• #13

I'm a teacher who would love to use the GCSE Bite-Size materials but I don't live in the UK. The text materials are all visible, but none of the videos.

Top-hole stuff, all my UK based colleagues tell me. And I can't get the best bits.

 

dwayne

Well-known member

Jul 5, 2003

14,919

London

• Oct 19, 2020

• #14

I used to swear by expressvpn ... But recently it's been abysmal.

Nord is number one. Nothing blocks Nord.

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