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" <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
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