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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't.

Ok, what I mean is don't use a VPN. Use SmartDNS instead.

VPN is like a private pipe between your computer and the computer in the UK (for example). ALL THE TRAFFIC has to squeeze through that tiny pipe. The video content, the text, the advertisements, the tracking cookies--everything. It can be slow.

A SmartDNS system is different--only those packets that need to be geo-located in that country are sent through a VPN, automatically, whereas the rest of the content just pours down as fast as possible anyway needed.

Downloading from BBC iplayer on VPN: 1 hour
Downloading from BBC iplayer on SmartDNS: 5 minutes

**note BBC is now very aggressive in fighting VPNs and SmartDNS

SmartDNS is a change you make to your home network DNS (very easy) and it's on all the time. I use overplay but will switch soon to someone else because they're not doing a good job with the BBC counterattacks. SmartDNS also means you are in 'every' country at the same time--you don't have to connect to UK, disconnect, connect to New Zealand, disconnect, connect to France, etc. It's just 'always on, everywhere'[/quote]

OP here - Thank you for your feedback![/quote]

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