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Rainmaker · 1 May 2018 at 10:01

VincentHanna said:
Is there a secure free VPN that I can use for an hour?

I'm abroad and want to book IMAX tickets but the stupid Cineworld website/app doesn't work unless you are in the UK, so I need to spoof my location. I found free one using Google search but wouldn't be happy carrying out a financial transaction with it.

Did you get sorted? If you're on a laptop (as opposed to a phone) I can spin up a BSD virtual machine and give you a temporary non-privileged SSH login to my network. That'll give you a UK Virgin Media IP address through your browser if you want?

ETA: Or easier yet - for both of us - just get a free trial with a trusted VPN company? CactusVPN do a free trial that only needs a (throw-away) email address to get you unlimited access to their network for a few days.

VincentHanna · 1 May 2018 at 10:12

Will that work with a mobile over a wireless network?

Rainmaker · 1 May 2018 at 11:23

VincentHanna said:
Will that work with a mobile over a wireless network?

Cactus VPN will, yes. SSH not so much (unless you have a rooted Android device and know how to do it).

Avathar77 · 1 Jul 2018 at 14:49

Have been looking for VPNs for a while now, between PIA and Nord. I am on Virgin 200, based on some of the comments here seems like both are hit and miss and pot of luck type of an affair! Have to try and see I guess but even at that some comments I have seen elsewhere implies it works a treat for the trial period but not so much after the trial.
Confused!

Deluxe1 · 1 Jul 2018 at 15:01

Express VPN.

Avathar77 · 1 Jul 2018 at 15:08

Deluxe1 said:
Express VPN.

nearly 3 times the price though

Deluxe1 · 1 Jul 2018 at 15:20

https://digibitdesign.com/

£2 or £2.50 a month, if they still do the code.

Bluecube · 1 Jul 2018 at 15:40

Avathar77 said:
Have been looking for VPNs for a while now, between PIA and Nord. I am on Virgin 200, based on some of the comments here seems like both are hit and miss and pot of luck type of an affair! Have to try and see I guess but even at that some comments I have seen elsewhere implies it works a treat for the trial period but not so much after the trial.
Confused!

Can only comment on my own experience but NordVPN is excellent for me and can easily saturate my Virgin 200 connection. Works a treat on mobile and tablet as well via the app.

Avathar77 · 1 Jul 2018 at 15:43

I am on the Nord 3 day trial now, can't seem to load Netflix

but that's not an issue

Bluecube · 1 Jul 2018 at 17:56

I’m in Spain just now. Just used Nord to VPN to U.K. and Netflix works fine. I know it’s not an issue but it does work!

Souness · 1 Jul 2018 at 17:57

Nord seems to be getting detected by BBC Iplayer now for me. Is there any other VPN service that works with bbc?

Bluecube · 1 Jul 2018 at 18:00

I just used Nord for iPlayer last night and it worked fine.

Souness · 1 Jul 2018 at 18:03

Bluecube said:
I just used Nord for iPlayer last night and it worked fine.

I used it just now to watch the Spain Russia game. About an hour ago I had to restart my PC, then why I tried again it wouldn't work. All of the UK servers I tried were getting blocked by Iplayer.

If it's me then I'm not sure why.

Bluecube · 1 Jul 2018 at 18:05

I used it on my iPad to watch an episode of The Bridge last night. Just tried right this minute and Eastenders started up no problem.

Souness · 1 Jul 2018 at 18:12

Hmm OK, thanks for checking. Suppose it's just having a funny 5 minutes again

philldutton · 1 Jul 2018 at 18:46

Nord regularly gets blocked by iplayer for me. Usually just have to disconnect and choose a different UK server.

Rainmaker · 1 Jul 2018 at 19:29

Nord only has iPlayer working on some servers. Check their FAQ. I do know UK578 is one of them.

Eternalec · 2 Jul 2018 at 12:00

Rainmaker said:
Nord only has iPlayer working on some servers. Check their FAQ. I do know UK578 is one of them.

This. Don't forget to check the list of servers that work. Nord works fine with iPlayer, at least for me.

Mp4 · 9 Jul 2018 at 11:06

Well, I've been using PureVPN via SocialStack lifetime for over 2 years now.

I feel okay with it i know i don't get any ip/dns leaks which is good. but mainly find their software for windows/ios(iPhone) poor. Since last week uninstalled the software off my windows pc last week as it kept disconnecting and had issues with Cashe and just using the chrome extension now but ideally id like to be connected all the time still yet to figure out how to load it all into windows 10 or if that's any better than using the software.

Still, keep looking at others to go to and do miss CyberGhost from time to time.

Eternalec · 12 Jul 2018 at 15:13

So I was reading https://vpnpro.com/vpn-reviews/nordvpn-review/ this review and got puzzled a bit. It says 'We’ll admit to not having tried NordVPN on all of them, but we did try watching the notoriously problematic BBC iPlayer and it worked.' Is iPlayer that problematic? Somehow I didn't have any issues. But I don't watch it every day so hey ho.

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