Tunnelbear - access restricted content in the US and UK

[Willie Trombone]

http://lifehacker.com/5822096/tunne...ocation+restricted-web-sites-in-the-us-and-uk

Anyone tried tunnelbear yet? Does it work? $5 pm is not bad for unlimited data, just not sure if it crawls or works.

 

[Zarathustra]

Try this anonymous proxy:

http://www.hidemyass.com/

 

[Willie Trombone]

Try this anonymous proxy:

http://www.hidemyass.com/

Can't be used for Hulu and BBC iPlayer afaik. Wonder if tunnelbear will work.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Can't be used for Hulu and BBC iPlayer afaik. Wonder if tunnelbear will work.

YES!
This is the most awesome find out! 500mb per month for free, $5 for UNLIMITED. Hulu / BBC here I come!! Top gear, motorGP, WOOT!
Just select the country (USA, UK) and switch it on to make your traffic look local. How AWESOME is that!?

 

[silentbee]

hmm. is there something I can install on my home server to proof traffic so that my bluray player can access iplayer like it should??

 

[rrh]

Can't be used for Hulu and BBC iPlayer afaik. Wonder if tunnelbear will work.

Dunno about the proxy, but the HMA VPN works fine ... http://www.usmbloggers.com/2011/07/hidemyass-review/

 

[Mars]

Interesting....

 

[Willie Trombone]

hmm. is there something I can install on my home server to proof traffic so that my bluray player can access iplayer like it should??

Yes, install it on your home server and setup a proxy on your home server (or just have Internet Connection Sharing running) and your Blu Ray player uses it as a proxy/gateway.

The same applies to Wii. You can download BBC iPlayer from the store front for free and watch the shows on Wii.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Dunno about the proxy, but the HMA VPN works fine ... http://www.usmbloggers.com/2011/07/hidemyass-review/

It costs twice as much. For $5 a month you get unlimited with tunnelbear.

 

[Soul Assassin]

Will try it Sunday for Top Gear, but it doesn't look fast, tried last night but it kept buffering.

 

[silentbee]

Yes, install it on your home server and setup a proxy on your home server (or just have Internet Connection Sharing running) and your Blu Ray player uses it as a proxy/gateway.

Thanks! I'll have to try this when my server arrives. I'm waiting for Windows Home Server 2011 to be available. Can I set it up that only the Blu-Ray's internet traffic goes through the proxy? I'm a bit of a networking n00b. I really just have a wireless AP at home that everything sees.

 

[biometrics]

I tried HMA, some days was ok others not. Buffered to much. Will give this a try tonight.

 

[iamgigglz]

wow, the article I read implied that it was only for UK & US, but know I'm going to try it out

(yes, another empty I-want-an-iPad post)

 

[eXisor]

Not tried it for this, but usaip may work as well. They provide UK/Europe VPNs. Website is USAIP.eu.
The demo is free to try but bandwidth throughput is limited IIRC.
I used it to region unlock a steam game that stubbornly refused to do so even though game was already released in SA and I had the retail dvd in hand.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Thanks! I'll have to try this when my server arrives. I'm waiting for Windows Home Server 2011 to be available. Can I set it up that only the Blu-Ray's internet traffic goes through the proxy? I'm a bit of a networking n00b. I really just have a wireless AP at home that everything sees.

I assume you have a router already? Have all your traffic go via the router by default and setup Tunnelbear on the server and your proxy on the server. Hopefully your Bluray player can use a proxy for it's traffic. If not, setup some freeware router software on your server but don't enable DHCP on it and put the server address into blu-ray as it's default gateway, along with a manual IP etc. The Blu-ray should then route via the windows box and the rest should route via the regular gateway.

The only thing I haven't figured is how to have your windows box route it's traffic over the router by default and not via tunnelbear. Perhaps you should google it and share the results

 

[Willie Trombone]

Will try it Sunday for Top Gear, but it doesn't look fast, tried last night but it kept buffering.

What speed and isp? What I did was start the show, then hit pause for 5 minutes and continue and it played nicely. Mweb 4mbps.

 

[Blaze786]

So this works for stuff like Netflix?

 

[biometrics]

So this works for stuff like Netflix?

I tried Netflix with HMA in January using a friends account and it did work but it took a long time to buffer before it started and then often paused to buffer. Unusable.

Also I was using an Axxess Just Uncapped account at the time, so that might not be the best account to test with.

But the question is if they'll accept your credit card? If they did it is dirt cheap at something like $9/month.

 

[Willie Trombone]

I tried Netflix with HMA in January using a friends account and it did work but it took a long time to buffer before it started and then often paused to buffer. Unusable.

Also I was using an Axxess Just Uncapped account at the time, so that might not be the best account to test with.

But the question is if they'll accept your credit card? If they did it is dirt cheap at something like $9/month.

Paypal?

 

[Ho3n3r]

Thread necro incoming.

So, Tunnelbear, what uses does it have for South Africans at the current moment? Anything worth purchasing a sub for? By what I've read, Netflix has made it somewhat redundant by blocking these types of methods for viewing other libraries.