VPN

seanc80

After Dutchy suggested getting one im on the hunt. Are they all subscription based, any decent free ones? Sorry in advance, i underdestand this basic stuff

Old-Dutch

NordVPN is probably the best. I managed to get a 2 year subscription for £75 back in May which was a steal

seanc80

What are the benefits exactly?

Old-Dutch

Protects your network. I’ve got a package that covers up to 6 devices so all banking online etc. is safe.

Also nobody knows when I’m watching midgets fucking donkeys

Cankles-McJeggings

Old-Dutch Also nobody knows when I’m watching midgets fucking donkeys

I’m a purist and prefer it the other way round.

Dubman

Same as Dutch said but I use ‘Private internet access’ instead of Nord VPN. Sometimes when I’m buying something online I have to change the country to uk.

Millsy

Haven’t you got one already for all the nefarious Dark Web gear, Sean?

seanc80

Millsy No i got somebody else to order it and get it delivered to their gaff

Millsy

seanc80 crafty

seanc80

So do most people actually have a VPN now?

Cankles-McJeggings

I did but fucked it off. For what I need it for I just use operas built in free one. It’s shit slow but gets me where I need to be. And it bypasses the global block on pirate bay.
Would defo be handy for BBC iPlayer though.

Dubman

Cankles-McJeggings
I used the Opera browser for a while but it really slowed my internet down so binned it .

bosstrabs

Astrill is very good too.

Set it to Sweden and there’s loads of stuff you can access that are blocked in UK (PirateBay etc) and China (er… just about everything that’s ‘fun’).

seanc80

Do you pay a monthly sub or is it all once off payment?

Cankles-McJeggings

seanc80

Either

Dubman

seanc80
One off payment for me. It’s not that expensive really.

Cankles-McJeggings

Dubman

Yeh it’s defo only for light use.

NasserAlazzawi

We’ve been using one since living in Cyprus.

Aside from the network protection, a lot of people use it because it can trick Amazon Prime or Netflix into thinking you’re still in the U.K. (or USA)

The USA version of Netflix is better.

Ps. Mad Beatport tip that I don’t publicise on socials that I found by accident. You can turn the VPN to United States and refresh your Beatport crate - go on and purchase in dollars. It has saved me a fortune.

Old-Dutch

NasserAlazzawi You can turn the VPN to United States and refresh your Beatport crate - go on and purchase in dollars. It has saved me a fortune.

Great thinking. Remember when they changed the prices for UK customers so they ended up paying more for tracks. Was a huge argument on GU about it at the time.

Hursty

I work in this field, my recommendation is Mullvad

Cankles-McJeggings

Old-Dutch

Yeh using aud is a lot cheaper than UK too.