Re: free VPN

2014-11-01 Thread Dane Trethowan 
Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in mind that 
it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools such as Screen 
readers behave unpredictably at times.

Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.

The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn’t access the list of countries 
through the client though this may have changed.

I’m talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.

I’m sorry to hear that you’re unable to use Witopia due to your circumstances, 
I’ve tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I would have to say that 
Witopia is about as good as I’ve found that you can get, 24/7 live tech 
support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up your VPN, unlimited data 
transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro account and I pay around $60 a year I 
think it is, there’s a cheaper account for $35 a year though it has limitations 
and I’m not sure exactly what those are as I write this but you can find all 
the details at http://www.witopia.net 


> On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to enable me
> to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for especially rugby
> union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were often not available
> outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia anymore
> but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.
> 
> 
> 
> Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I could use
> although I doubt whether such a thing exists.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane

Re: free VPN

2014-11-01 Thread Dane Trethowan 
Also take a look with Google, I just looked up “Free VPN” and found a whole 
story there so you may wish to explore that.

Google Is Your Friend .

> On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to enable me
> to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for especially rugby
> union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were often not available
> outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia anymore
> but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.
> 
> 
> 
> Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I could use
> although I doubt whether such a thing exists.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane

RE: free VPN

2014-11-01 Thread André van Deventer 
Dane

I will not voluntarily change from witopia.  Just like you I have found them
excellent and really have no complaints about the service at all.

But the circumstanc3es are unfortunately beyond my control.

And the thing is that the only reason I would use it is to listen to the
bbc!!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 01 November 2014 11:45 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN

Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in mind
that it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools such as
Screen readers behave unpredictably at times.

Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.

The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn’t access the list of countries
through the client though this may have changed.

I’m talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.

I’m sorry to hear that you’re unable to use Witopia due to your
circumstances, I’ve tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I would
have to say that Witopia is about as good as I’ve found that you can get,
24/7 live tech support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up your
VPN, unlimited data transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro account and I
pay around $60 a year I think it is, there’s a cheaper account for $35 a
year though it has limitations and I’m not sure exactly what those are as I
write this but you can find all the details at http://www.witopia.net
<http://www.witopia.net/>


> On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer 
wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to 
> enable me to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for 
> especially rugby union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were 
> often not available outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia 
> anymore but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.
> 
> 
> 
> Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I 
> could use although I doubt whether such a thing exists.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane

Re: free VPN

2014-11-01 Thread Anders Holmberg 
Hi!
You could set your own vpn up if you know how to do this.
Though i don’t  know how hard this is.
/A 
> 1 nov 2014 kl. 10:25 skrev André van Deventer :
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to enable me
> to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for especially rugby
> union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were often not available
> outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia anymore
> but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.
> 
> 
> 
> Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I could use
> although I doubt whether such a thing exists.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

RE: free VPN

2014-11-01 Thread André van Deventer 
All the services I could find there on google you had to pay more or less
the same amount for?

The thing is I don't want to use it for anything else than listening to bbc
5 live or 5 live extra.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 01 November 2014 11:55 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN

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Friend . > On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer

wrote: > > Hi all > > > > For a few years now I have been using Witopia
as
a VPN service to enable me > to listen to bbc radio five live and five
live
extra for especially rugby > union and grand prix action. These
broadcasts
were often not available > outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen
to
them. > > > > Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot
afford
Witopia anymore > but would dearly love to access the sport stations
from
the BBC. > > > > Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN
somewhere
that I could use > although I doubt whether such a thing exists. > > > >
   Regards > > > > Andre > > > > > [...] 
 
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Also take a look with Google, I just looked up “Free VPN” and found a whole
story there so you may wish to explore that.

Google Is Your Friend .

> On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer 
wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For a few years now I have been using Witopia

Re: free VPN

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan 
Yep you can set up a VPN but there's very little point in doing that if 
you don't have a VPN provider.


That's where services like Witopia are dead handy because they provide 
you with the server so you can set your VPN up but - even better than 
that - you don't have to know a single thing about setting up VPN 
networks to use Witopia, just install the client.


This last method would be of particular interest to Windows users as - 
in Windows - you cannot set up a secure VPN Network with protocols such 
as IPSEC so the client is dead handy that way.

On 2/11/2014 10:18 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote:

Hi!
You could set your own vpn up if you know how to do this.
Though i don’t  know how hard this is.
/A

1 nov 2014 kl. 10:25 skrev André van Deventer :

Hi all



For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to enable me
to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for especially rugby
union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were often not available
outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.



Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia anymore
but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.



Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I could use
although I doubt whether such a thing exists.



Regards



Andre

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Howard Traxler 
Someone please:
What is VPN, what does it do, and why would one want and use it?
Thanks.
Howard
- Original Message - 
From: "André van Deventer" 
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:48 AM
Subject: RE: free VPN


Dane

I will not voluntarily change from witopia.  Just like you I have found them
excellent and really have no complaints about the service at all.

But the circumstanc3es are unfortunately beyond my control.

And the thing is that the only reason I would use it is to listen to the
bbc!!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 01 November 2014 11:45 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN

Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in mind
that it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools such as
Screen readers behave unpredictably at times.

Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.

The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn't access the list of countries
through the client though this may have changed.

I'm talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.

I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to use Witopia due to your
circumstances, I've tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I would
have to say that Witopia is about as good as I've found that you can get,
24/7 live tech support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up your
VPN, unlimited data transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro account and I
pay around $60 a year I think it is, there's a cheaper account for $35 a
year though it has limitations and I'm not sure exactly what those are as I
write this but you can find all the details at http://www.witopia.net
<http://www.witopia.net/>


> On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer 
wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> 
> 
> For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to 
> enable me to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for 
> especially rugby union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were 
> often not available outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia 
> anymore but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.
> 
> 
> 
> Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I 
> could use although I doubt whether such a thing exists.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan 
a VPn ins a Virtual Private Network, in other words a virtual tunnel on 
the Internet between your computer ahd the other computer, VPN'S are 
commonly used in those situations where sensitive data is exchanged 
between point A and point B, vinancial transactions and the like - 
someone I know who works from home as a Finance Manager uses a VPN from 
his home to contact and do his work for example -.


This means obviously that you can use a VPN to have your computer 
simulate another in a place far from where you are, you can establish a 
VPN between you and a VPN server in Longbeach California thus when you 
play a stream originating from Longbeach California which may have 
geoblocking restrictions in place which will be ignored given that the 
streamer thinks you're in Longbeach.


Having said all that however one needs to put some thought into the type 
of VPN used, there are protocols in use which are more secure than 
others, some VPN services offer unlimited VPN plans whilst others do 
not, I explained some of this in my initial response to the original 
eMail in this thread.



On 2/11/2014 11:45 PM, Howard Traxler wrote:

Someone please:
What is VPN, what does it do, and why would one want and use it?
Thanks.
Howard
- Original Message -
From: "André van Deventer" 
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:48 AM
Subject: RE: free VPN


Dane

I will not voluntarily change from witopia.  Just like you I have found them
excellent and really have no complaints about the service at all.

But the circumstanc3es are unfortunately beyond my control.

And the thing is that the only reason I would use it is to listen to the
bbc!!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 01 November 2014 11:45 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN

Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in mind
that it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools such as
Screen readers behave unpredictably at times.

Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.

The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn't access the list of countries
through the client though this may have changed.

I'm talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.

I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to use Witopia due to your
circumstances, I've tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I would
have to say that Witopia is about as good as I've found that you can get,
24/7 live tech support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up your
VPN, unlimited data transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro account and I
pay around $60 a year I think it is, there's a cheaper account for $35 a
year though it has limitations and I'm not sure exactly what those are as I
write this but you can find all the details at http://www.witopia.net
<http://www.witopia.net/>



On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer 

wrote:

Hi all



For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to
enable me to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for
especially rugby union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were
often not available outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.



Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia
anymore but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.



Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I
could use although I doubt whether such a thing exists.



Regards



Andre






**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane

RE: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread André van Deventer 
In my case I only need one to listen to programs on bbc five live and bbc
five live extra  which you cannot hear outside the UK.  So the bbc server
actually thinks that you are connecting from inside the UK.  I haven't found
any other way to do this than using a VPN like witopia.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 02 November 2014 03:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN question

a VPn ins a Virtual Private Network, in other words a virtual tunnel on the
Internet between your computer ahd the other computer, VPN'S are commonly
used in those situations where sensitive data is exchanged between point A
and point B, vinancial transactions and the like - someone I know who works
from home as a Finance Manager uses a VPN from his home to contact and do
his work for example -.

This means obviously that you can use a VPN to have your computer simulate
another in a place far from where you are, you can establish a VPN between
you and a VPN server in Longbeach California thus when you play a stream
originating from Longbeach California which may have geoblocking
restrictions in place which will be ignored given that the streamer thinks
you're in Longbeach.

Having said all that however one needs to put some thought into the type of
VPN used, there are protocols in use which are more secure than others, some
VPN services offer unlimited VPN plans whilst others do not, I explained
some of this in my initial response to the original eMail in this thread.


On 2/11/2014 11:45 PM, Howard Traxler wrote:
> Someone please:
> What is VPN, what does it do, and why would one want and use it?
> Thanks.
> Howard
> - Original Message -
> From: "André van Deventer" 
> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:48 AM
> Subject: RE: free VPN
>
>
> Dane
>
> I will not voluntarily change from witopia.  Just like you I have 
> found them excellent and really have no complaints about the service at
all.
>
> But the circumstanc3es are unfortunately beyond my control.
>
> And the thing is that the only reason I would use it is to listen to 
> the bbc!!
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: 01 November 2014 11:45 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: free VPN
>
> Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in 
> mind that it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools 
> such as Screen readers behave unpredictably at times.
>
> Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.
>
> The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn't access the list of 
> countries through the client though this may have changed.
>
> I'm talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to use Witopia due to your 
> circumstances, I've tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I 
> would have to say that Witopia is about as good as I've found that you 
> can get,
> 24/7 live tech support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up 
> your VPN, unlimited data transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro 
> account and I pay around $60 a year I think it is, there's a cheaper 
> account for $35 a year though it has limitations and I'm not sure 
> exactly what those are as I write this but you can find all the 
> details at http://www.witopia.net <http://www.witopia.net/>
>
>
>> On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer 
>> 
> wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>>
>>
>> For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to 
>> enable me to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for 
>> especially rugby union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were 
>> often not available outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia 
>> anymore but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.
>>
>>
>>
>> Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I 
>> could use although I doubt whether such a thing exists.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Andre
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> **
>
> Dane Trethowan
> grtd...@internode.on.net
> Skype: grtdane12
> Phone US (213) 438-9741
> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
> Mobile: +61400494862
> faceTime +61400494862
> Fax +61397437954
> Twitter: @grtdane
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Jeremy 
It's a complete shot in the dark, and may not even work for streaming 
radio type materials, but, have you also taken a look at the hola 
service. It seems to be especially useful for watching things like hulu 
and netflix from other countries. I currently know some folks in Canada 
who are using it to get access to the Netflixs we get here in the states.
Like I said, not sure what exactly it covers and what it doesn't, but 
the folks who use it, love it.

https://hola.org/
Take care and blessings.

On 11/2/2014 10:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

In my case I only need one to listen to programs on bbc five live and bbc
five live extra  which you cannot hear outside the UK.  So the bbc server
actually thinks that you are connecting from inside the UK.  I haven't found
any other way to do this than using a VPN like witopia.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 02 November 2014 03:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN question

a VPn ins a Virtual Private Network, in other words a virtual tunnel on the
Internet between your computer ahd the other computer, VPN'S are commonly
used in those situations where sensitive data is exchanged between point A
and point B, vinancial transactions and the like - someone I know who works
from home as a Finance Manager uses a VPN from his home to contact and do
his work for example -.

This means obviously that you can use a VPN to have your computer simulate
another in a place far from where you are, you can establish a VPN between
you and a VPN server in Longbeach California thus when you play a stream
originating from Longbeach California which may have geoblocking
restrictions in place which will be ignored given that the streamer thinks
you're in Longbeach.

Having said all that however one needs to put some thought into the type of
VPN used, there are protocols in use which are more secure than others, some
VPN services offer unlimited VPN plans whilst others do not, I explained
some of this in my initial response to the original eMail in this thread.


On 2/11/2014 11:45 PM, Howard Traxler wrote:

Someone please:
What is VPN, what does it do, and why would one want and use it?
Thanks.
Howard
- Original Message -
From: "André van Deventer" 
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:48 AM
Subject: RE: free VPN


Dane

I will not voluntarily change from witopia.  Just like you I have
found them excellent and really have no complaints about the service at

all.

But the circumstanc3es are unfortunately beyond my control.

And the thing is that the only reason I would use it is to listen to
the bbc!!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: 01 November 2014 11:45 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN

Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in
mind that it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools
such as Screen readers behave unpredictably at times.

Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.

The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn't access the list of
countries through the client though this may have changed.

I'm talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.

I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to use Witopia due to your
circumstances, I've tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I
would have to say that Witopia is about as good as I've found that you
can get,
24/7 live tech support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up
your VPN, unlimited data transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro
account and I pay around $60 a year I think it is, there's a cheaper
account for $35 a year though it has limitations and I'm not sure
exactly what those are as I write this but you can find all the
details at http://www.witopia.net <http://www.witopia.net/>



On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer


wrote:

Hi all



For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to
enable me to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for
especially rugby union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were
often not available outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.



Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia
anymore but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.



Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I
could use although I doubt whether such a thing exists.



Regards



Andre






**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan 
As I said, Hotspot Shield should do this but then again you may have 
problems with the client, I outlined all this in reply to your first 
eMail in this thread.


On 3/11/2014 3:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

In my case I only need one to listen to programs on bbc five live and bbc
five live extra  which you cannot hear outside the UK.  So the bbc server
actually thinks that you are connecting from inside the UK.  I haven't found
any other way to do this than using a VPN like witopia.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 02 November 2014 03:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN question

a VPn ins a Virtual Private Network, in other words a virtual tunnel on the
Internet between your computer ahd the other computer, VPN'S are commonly
used in those situations where sensitive data is exchanged between point A
and point B, vinancial transactions and the like - someone I know who works
from home as a Finance Manager uses a VPN from his home to contact and do
his work for example -.

This means obviously that you can use a VPN to have your computer simulate
another in a place far from where you are, you can establish a VPN between
you and a VPN server in Longbeach California thus when you play a stream
originating from Longbeach California which may have geoblocking
restrictions in place which will be ignored given that the streamer thinks
you're in Longbeach.

Having said all that however one needs to put some thought into the type of
VPN used, there are protocols in use which are more secure than others, some
VPN services offer unlimited VPN plans whilst others do not, I explained
some of this in my initial response to the original eMail in this thread.


On 2/11/2014 11:45 PM, Howard Traxler wrote:

Someone please:
What is VPN, what does it do, and why would one want and use it?
Thanks.
Howard
- Original Message -
From: "André van Deventer" 
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:48 AM
Subject: RE: free VPN


Dane

I will not voluntarily change from witopia.  Just like you I have
found them excellent and really have no complaints about the service at

all.

But the circumstanc3es are unfortunately beyond my control.

And the thing is that the only reason I would use it is to listen to
the bbc!!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: 01 November 2014 11:45 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: free VPN

Before I started using Witopia I did use Hotspot Shield but bare in
mind that it places ads on your desktop and this can make access tools
such as Screen readers behave unpredictably at times.

Also note that you have to renew the connection after an hour.

The last time I used Hotspot shield I couldn't access the list of
countries through the client though this may have changed.

I'm talking about the free Hotspot Shield of course and not the paid one.

I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to use Witopia due to your
circumstances, I've tried plenty of VPN providers in the past ad I
would have to say that Witopia is about as good as I've found that you
can get,
24/7 live tech support, extensive tutorials and guides on setting up
your VPN, unlimited data transfer and so it goes, I have the Pro
account and I pay around $60 a year I think it is, there's a cheaper
account for $35 a year though it has limitations and I'm not sure
exactly what those are as I write this but you can find all the
details at http://www.witopia.net <http://www.witopia.net/>



On 1 Nov 2014, at 8:25 pm, André van Deventer


wrote:

Hi all



For a few years now I have been using Witopia as a VPN service  to
enable me to listen to bbc radio five live and five live extra for
especially rugby union and grand prix action.  These broadcasts were
often not available outside the UK so you needed a VPN to listen to them.



Unfortunately due to financial circumstances I cannot afford Witopia
anymore but would dearly love to access the sport stations from the BBC.



Was just wondering if anyone knows of a free VPN somewhere that I
could use although I doubt whether such a thing exists.



Regards



Andre






**

Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane