Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Brian Cox/reply (23)

I'm sure there are a load of geeks who could explain how to use proxies and set up your browser but I prefer to use a commercial VPN service as it is simple and more reliable. I use this service which costs me $48 a year and gives me an IP in both the US and UK. Using the US VPN means I can buy stuff in the US without incurring 20% EU sales tax so it almost pays for itself. It also means that I can access the BBC TV from anywhere in the world and also US TV sites from which I would normally be barred. There are free alternatives but as everyone uses them you are bandwidth limited. Setting up a VPN was fairly simple on both my iPad and Windows 7 laptop and it only takes a few seconds to turn it off or on.