Originally Posted by Garbatellamike (Post 11459851)

John, just a thought but you can try a VPN provider like expatshield (not recommending that one in particular but just a name I remembered) to get around the blocks. They just give you a proxy IP so Sky or Beeb think you are actually in the UK.

I watch UK cricket, rugby and football using a free streaming site called cricfree - not top quality pictures but I get my sporting fix from it. There was another site I used to use called firstrowsport and there is also a directory for free streaming of sports called wiziwig - have a google and see whether any of those might meet your requirement.

good luck

Originally Posted by Garbatellamike (Post 11459851)

John, just a thought but you can try a VPN provider like expatshield (not recommending that one in particular but just a name I remembered) to get around the blocks. They just give you a proxy IP so Sky or Beeb think you are actually in the UK.

I watch UK cricket, rugby and football using a free streaming site called cricfree - not top quality pictures but I get my sporting fix from it. There was another site I used to use called firstrowsport and there is also a directory for free streaming of sports called wiziwig - have a google and see whether any of those might meet your requirement.

good luck

Originally Posted by PSG2014 (Post 11460710)

Hi John,

You need a VPN, I have used 'My Private Network' for years SUPERB support when/if needed here is a link https://www.my-private-network.co.uk/
About £5 per month, this gets you into the UK, with zero problems for SKYgo.

For a bit more money...........MAG250 box (google it) with a service, this will cost some £15 per month and you get pretty much EVERYTHING.............SKY, BT Sport ............the lot !

And of course FOC you have FILMON which surely you can try in the UK before you arrive here, it's pretty much seamless.

ALL of the above is assuming you are blessed with a decent (circa 4mb) internet connection !

PSG :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Garbatellamike (Post 11459851)

John, just a thought but you can try a VPN provider like expatshield (not recommending that one in particular but just a name I remembered) to get around the blocks. They just give you a proxy IP so Sky or Beeb think you are actually in the UK.

I watch UK cricket, rugby and football using a free streaming site called cricfree - not top quality pictures but I get my sporting fix from it. There was another site I used to use called firstrowsport and there is also a directory for free streaming of sports called wiziwig - have a google and see whether any of those might meet your requirement.

good luck

Originally Posted by LivingInPuglia (Post 11460680)

We have been in Puglia for almost nine years and struggled with this for a long time.

ADSL is still not available to us and without ADSL there is no point in the expense of a landline.

We tried satellite and found it very expensive and very restrictive on downloads with speeds slowing to virtually zero.

Puglia has a big committment to WiFi and many areas are served by a number of WiFi providers.

We have always been on the edge of the coverage areas for the majority for all the main WiFi providers. Until now we have used a number of the mobile phone opertators wifi offerings. They work fine but are restrictive on bandwidth for downloads and not suitable for TV.

We now have Linkem ..... although we are on the edge of their coverage area the engineer came out (after the intervention of a friendly local neighbour), tested the signal on a high pole on the roof ... and immediately installed Linkem for us.

No bandwidth limitations and reasonable speeds ...... now we can watch live UK TV on FilmOn. Also download TV episodes / films and watch at a time more convenient to us.

Good luck with your move to Puglia.

Originally Posted by Capo Boi (Post 11462527)

I'm afraid Sky Italia dosen't show cricket so unless you have a decent broadband connection I'm afraid that you are going to struggle. Main sports on Sky Italia are football, golf, F1, tennis, rugby and American football.
As others have said you can use a VPN to access Sky Go UK but bear in mind that a VPN (or integrated router) will reduce your broadband speed by maybe up to half. To watch ball sports through a VPN you realistically need an incoming speed of something in the region of 6Mbs for standard viewing and more for HD. TI's standard package caps speeds at 7Mbs but in some areas 20Mbs can be available through normal lines. Good luck.