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woodson

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#238130 4-Jul-2018 11:28
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I was thinking about using a VPN and iPlayer to watch the England World Cup quarter final this coming Saturday (shock horror: England won a penalty shootout!). Just did a test by connecting to a UK server using Cyber Ghost, but when I went to play a random live programme on iPlayer it didn't work as iPlayer knew I was using a VPN (and hence considered me to be outside the UK).

 

Am I missing something obvious?

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dazhann
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  #2048862 4-Jul-2018 11:31
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I use dns4me works great. They have a 7 days trial for you to test it out

woodson

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  #2048876 4-Jul-2018 11:46
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As you say, works a treat! Cheers for that, much appreciated.

 
 
 
 


Shindig
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  #2048951 4-Jul-2018 13:34
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Tempted to try this, as the BBC are streaming some of the games in 4k HDR, as a trial.




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CYaBro
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  #2048953 4-Jul-2018 13:39
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Works great with Getflix DNS on our Apple TV.

 

 

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  #2048955 4-Jul-2018 13:42
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woodson:

 

I was thinking about using a VPN and iPlayer to watch the England World Cup quarter final this coming Saturday (shock horror: England won a penalty shootout!). Just did a test by connecting to a UK server using Cyber Ghost, but when I went to play a random live programme on iPlayer it didn't work as iPlayer knew I was using a VPN (and hence considered me to be outside the UK).

 

Am I missing something obvious?

 

 

Another option if you are using a VPN is pointing it to Australia, and using the SBS on Demand or Optus Sport service. Both are free (Optus will give you a chargeback on the A$15 monthly fee until the end of August), and both support streaming via Chromecast.

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