Penny45

They've been shut down
Can use thebox.bz or piratebay or kickasstorrents or torrentday. You'll soon learn which site better for which shows.

Myexpatnetwork great vpn - can put on phone/ipad too.

Amazulu

True. I meant to say The Box.

All the UK soaps you can shake a stick at.

moneypenny20

How depressing can ten little words be...

northernbird

2 options www.thebox.bz or sign up with AceVPN and watch on iPlayer. $55 a year I think I paid. Can watch all other things on UK TV online players.

DibDob

Anybody know if expat shield can be used on an android tablet or suggest an alternative. Thanks

DibDob

Bump...

Any Techies out there? desperate for a VPN for my android anyone know of one that works and free?
Thanks

rasen78

Don't know about a free one, but we use Unblockus.com and have it going through our router, so if I use my Nexus with wi-fi, it is using the VPN. Can't help with 3G though

Lucas_Dad

One that works and is free - yes - this one I have used a number of times on my Andoid tablet. Go to www.bestukvpn.com . HOWEVER - it is slow. I have used it with iPlayer but it buffers... A LOT. I have used this vpn with success to get apps from google play that are not available in Oz (because thanks to the vpn it thinks you're back in the UK). I did once run a speedtest.net whilst connected to the vpn and I think it registered barely 150k per second - which would explain the terrible iPlayer performance.

I'm still researching for myself but there are some great tips here and it seems that a paid for vpn is only going to cost around $5 per month.

renth

I use unblock-us too, it's not a VPN though so be aware that your traffic isn't encrypted if you were planning on doing dodgy stuff.

DibDob

Hi all thanks for replies
I'm not great at this tech stuff lol
I mainly want it to watch I player etc. so looks like unblock us is the way to go, anybody willing to give an idiots guide on how it works and set up, would much be appreciated I am new to all this
Thanks
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DibDob

I have a netcomm wireless router? and I am with Adam(naked) I would mainly like to use my galaxy tab to watch I player but if its possible to do all devices used in my home(wireless) that would be even better.
Cheers
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Lucas_Dad

Technically it may well be possible to tell your router to connect via the VPN rather than you individual device - but whilst geeks like me know some stuff (personally have over 20 years experience) it would be hard to advise exactly how to do it without being sat in front of your device. *starts touting for consultancy and callout fees* hehehe

If you do go down this route, just bear in mind that all your devices, thanks to your router's vpn, would think they're in the UK. Could this potentially effect access to local services that only allow local connections?

rasen78

unblockus is really easy to set up on the router. The website gives instructions for various different manufacturers. I set ours up and I am not techie at all If you need access to local services, you can just disable it via the website.

Try this link

http://www.unblock-us.com/how-to-set-up/

Lucas_Dad

AHA. I did not realise unblock-us was a vpn - thought it was just one of those circumventor websites. This comment on their web page looks useful: "Be in different places at the same time. Appear in Canada for one web site and in UK for another.". Also like that it says you can try it for a week. Anyone here already use this service? What is throughput like (go to speedtest.net and what do upload/download speeds say)?

rasen78

We did the week test. Our speed where we are varies. Just done it now and the download speed is 6.74mb and upload is 0.79 mb. This is with 2 laptops, my nexus at peak time.

Before we got it, the fastest speed I noticed was only around 7 mbs