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| Kyle Corrie Senior Member United States Joined 4828 days ago 175 posts - 464 votes  | Message 1 of 9 04 January 2013 at 3:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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After reading another post I felt the need to share some information perhaps some
people aren't aware of. VPN stands for 'virtual private network'. Basically, the internet is a huge network, and whenever you access websites you're relaying packets of information back and forth. What a VPN does is encrypt that data so that no one else can read it even if it's intercepted. You probably shouldn't even be on the internet without utilizing a VPN, but they can even serve a purpose for language learning. If you've ever gone to a website and gotten some kind of message like, "Sorry. Content unavailable in your country." then a simple way around that would be a VPN. With a VPN you can actually set up where your relay of encryption is going to be. For exmple - If I were to go to the German television website http://rtl-now.rtl.de/ and I tried to watch a video there they'd tell me it is unavailable to me because I'm not in Germany. However, all I'd need to do is change my VPN host address to a German one. Soooo... when I try to access RTL from my computer I send packets from my computer to a VPN network based in Germany, they grant me a German IP address and then forward that information to RTL (the video), the website assumes I'm a German accessing the content, reroutes it back through the German based VPN and then the German VPN relays that back to me and then I get the content. ------------------------------ If that was a poor explanation or you didn't understand it then you can refer to http://www.howstuffworks.com/vpn.htm for a more precise explanation. ------------------------------ So, in a nutshell, if you want to access internet content hosted all over the world from your home country, then a VPN could be ideal for you. There are a plethora of options available. Some free, some charge, but I personally use 'HideMyAss' and they offer a lot of different country hosts with no advertisements. ------------------------------ Maybe that will be of use to some people. Peace. 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5099 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 9 04 January 2013 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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That's very interesting. I always wondered how the criminals on TV were able to mask their location.
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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5452 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 9 04 January 2013 at 7:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
A couple of years ago I tried some of the free options, but found them all to be painfully slow, so I opted for WiTopia instead, and have only positive things to say about them. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6902 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 4 of 9 04 January 2013 at 8:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've been thinking about this for quite a long time in order to get to the geo-restricted content. Have you experienced any problems with that? I tested Security Kiss, as there is a free version of this (with a low transfer limit though), and I still couldn't watch M6 videos (France). I don't want to pay for something and get disappointed.
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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5452 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 5 of 9 04 January 2013 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
A VPN connection will almost always be a bit slower. A few times I've been disconnected from the VPN server, and had to reconnect. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6902 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 6 of 9 04 January 2013 at 8:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Is your VPN connection fast enough to enjoy watching streamed content? And what about accessing geo-restricted content - if you use it, do you have any problems with that?
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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5452 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 7 of 9 04 January 2013 at 9:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, it is fast enough.
No problems at all. Edited by tractor on 04 January 2013 at 9:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kyle Corrie Senior Member United States Joined 4828 days ago 175 posts - 464 votes | Message 8 of 9 05 January 2013 at 12:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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Julie,
I haven't had any problems streaming content at all. I'd highly recommend 'HideMyAss' because they've worked well for me. There is unlimited data transfer. It is a paid service and they do occasionally run discounted rates. For example, I hopped on the $5 a month/1 year deal that expired before New Years. However, if you go with them and aren't satisfied there is a 30-day, money-back guarantee. Edited by Kyle Corrie on 05 January 2013 at 12:39am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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