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" <andred...@webafrica.org.za> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> 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 <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 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
