Today Stuff has published an article on the growing use of technology to access overseas streaming services such as Netflix.

It's good to see this matter being picked up by the mainstream media but... I'm not terribly knowledgeable in this area, but I wondered if they've made some significant errors in their reporting (nothing surprising with journalists not understanding and/or reporting accurately on technology issues!).

There is in the article a constant (and singular) reference to the use of VPNs for these purposes. Now, while I understand some people do go down this route, I thought services like Unblock US and Unotelly weren't VPNs but proxy services.

Are there significant differences between the two, or am I just being a (potentially ignorant) pedant? My reading of this article is that it's quite misleading and doesn't give those potentially interested in doing this accurate information on the options available - and that setting up a proxy service is probably easier and certainly cheaper than a VPN.

Your thoughts??