Hola alternative for Firefox/windows 8

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TeaLeaf

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#171290 13-Apr-2015 09:56

Saw a friend using Hola on a mac and thought it looks good. But cant find a good alternative for firefox on windows.

Are these extensions legal? dont want to break any laws.

nathan

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#1281908 13-Apr-2015 10:45

IMHO its not illegal but IANAL

macuser

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#1281912 13-Apr-2015 10:50

Hola is pretty insecure and slow,

You can use a service like Unblock-Us, DNS4ME or Unotelly, which has a Geekzone member discount.

It will cost a few dollars a month but offer better performance and works with almost all devices that can connect to the internet.

If you are on Slingshot/Orcon you have this service built in to your connection called Global Mode

Jase2985

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#1281952 13-Apr-2015 11:23

TeaLeaf: Saw a friend using Hola on a mac and thought it looks good. But cant find a good alternative for firefox on windows.

Are these extensions legal? dont want to break any laws.

you can get hola for firefox on windows

vexxxboy

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#1282023 13-Apr-2015 12:31

macuser: Hola is pretty insecure and slow,

You can use a service like Unblock-Us, DNS4ME or Unotelly, which has a Geekzone member discount.

It will cost a few dollars a month but offer better performance and works with almost all devices that can connect to the internet.

If you are on Slingshot/Orcon you have this service built in to your connection called Global Mode

true but then i cant visit every Netflix country at a click of a button.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

robjg63

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#1282059 13-Apr-2015 12:52

Hola is so slow it can be pretty much useless.
Agree with the posts about unblock-us/unotelly and dns4me above.

The geo unblockers are doing nothing more or less legal than hola - the only thing is they do it much better.

Is there anything you are specifically looking at accessing Tealeaf?

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TeaLeaf

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#1285651 16-Apr-2015 14:53

Jase2985:
TeaLeaf: Saw a friend using Hola on a mac and thought it looks good. But cant find a good alternative for firefox on windows.

Are these extensions legal? dont want to break any laws.

you can get hola for firefox on windows

i saw it but couldnt find the install button under add ons. so assumed it got removed.

i find hola fine on the mac for some sites.

robjg63

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#1285687 16-Apr-2015 15:46

TeaLeaf:
Jase2985:
TeaLeaf: Saw a friend using Hola on a mac and thought it looks good. But cant find a good alternative for firefox on windows.

Are these extensions legal? dont want to break any laws.

you can get hola for firefox on windows

i saw it but couldnt find the install button under add ons. so assumed it got removed.

i find hola fine on the mac for some sites.

Hmm - cant see it under the firefox add-ons.
Install the chrome browser for windows then - definitely a Hola unblocker for that.

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Jase2985

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#1285693 16-Apr-2015 15:55

go to the hola website :) you have to install it from there

http://hola.org/

TeaLeaf

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#1285696 16-Apr-2015 16:05

yeah had to go the site, did that before checking back here.

whats wrong with hola exactly, when people say its slow, what do they mean? and what privacy issues?

Jase2985

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#1285699 16-Apr-2015 16:11

its slow as in the speeds you can get from the service are not fast, ie streaming from the US might only be 1mbps

i only use it to watch geo blocked videos in my browser, normally australian or us media sites.

if i were to start streaming i would do it properly

enfield

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#1285701 16-Apr-2015 16:14

Hola is pretty much useless, try ZenMate works perfectly for me.

TeaLeaf

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#1285703 16-Apr-2015 16:17

i had this worldip thing but couldnt figure it out.

ill look that that suggestion.

vexxxboy

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#1285714 16-Apr-2015 16:28

enfield: Hola is pretty much useless, try ZenMate works perfectly for me.

why is it useless, i have used it for a year or so to watch Netflix and never had a problem. i watch everything in HD and it takes seconds to connect and never buffers and to change countries for netflix i click on the flag and it changes countries , i sign in and im away in seconds. The only time i have to wait slightly is when im trying the South american countries. Bolivia and Peru seem to be the worse.

Common sense is not as common as you think.