Cable Forum - VOD Netflix/Streaming Services

Do you guys using VPN's have any noticeable difference in your broadband?
I'm interested in trying this but not if it's to the detriment of gaming or download speeds.

I'm using Unblock-US, no discernible change in speed.

passingbat

09-01-2015 09:33

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Originally Posted by UnStable (Post 35751382)

Do you guys using VPN's have any noticeable difference in your broadband?
I'm interested in trying this but not if it's to the detriment of gaming or download speeds.

Not that I've found. VPN services can do, but the smart dns part of unblockus works differently and shouldn't do.

theone2k10

09-01-2015 10:27

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Originally Posted by UnStable (Post 35751382)

Do you guys using VPN's have any noticeable difference in your broadband?
I'm interested in trying this but not if it's to the detriment of gaming or download speeds.

Not with smart dns no it doesn't affect your speeds as it doesn't go through their servers all it does is just spoofs your location.
I get 75mbs down and 18.9mbs up and with my smart dns i'm still getting 75mbs down and 18.4mbs up.

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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35751388)

Whats this site good sir?

The smart dns service i use so you can for example switch netflix regions.

Mal	10-01-2015 18:27

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http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...lock-vpn-users

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Originally Posted by The Guardian

More than 30 million Netflix users live in countries where the service is unavailable without the use of location-masking software, giving the company a hefty financial incentive not to crack down on members who use the technological loophole to watch content not authorised for their country.

passingbat

10-01-2015 19:27

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Originally Posted by Mal (Post 35751780)

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...lock-vpn-users

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Netflix has more than 20 million users in China alone, all of whom must connect through virtual private networks (VPNs), as the streaming video provider has not yet launched in the country

It would be interesting to know what percentage of people in countries where Netflix is available, use VPNs. I suspect it will be quite small. Seems like Netflix ought to launch in more countries.

I do agree there should be a crack down on password sharing; the price is inexpensive and fantastic value for money, compared to other things. And if every user paid, they would have more funds to spend on content.

andy_m

11-01-2015 08:38

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Presumably nobody in the US is doing it. This Canadian report suggests 1 in 3 English speaking Canadian subscribers are doing it. I would imagine that would be fairly typical in English speaking countries.

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/business/ne...down-1.2889895

passingbat

11-01-2015 11:50

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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35751864)

Presumably nobody in the US is doing it.

Actually they do. I follow several Netflix threads on the American AVSForum, and there are people who do use smart dns services.

Apart from the advantage of accessing various Netflix regions, to get content not available on US Netflix, when Super HD streams were first introduced, they could only be accessed if you used an ISP that used the Netflix CDN. Not many US ISPs wanted to do that. But Unblock-US found a way around that and US users used Unblock-US to access Super HD streams. Several months later, Netflix changed the rules, and any ISP could get Super HD.

Americans also use a smart dns to access BBC iplayer etc.

theone2k10

11-01-2015 11:59

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I'm wondering if we're going to see something similar to the US soon where networks say such as Disney release a tv app that you login via your tv provider.

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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35751864)

Oh they do not just Netflix either i was once sharing my nowtv account with a guy in the US for access to Showtime and HBO, he said to me if i ever got Skygo he would love to do a deal where i give him a skygo login and he'd give me a dishnetwork login.
Only reason it ended was because he had to drop HBO and i was dropping nowtv too.

andy_m

11-01-2015 13:01

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Well I stand corrected!

RichardCoulter

12-01-2015 20:26

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...956046#rlabs=8

Every Premier League game set to become available for streaming according to this article.

muppetman11

12-01-2015 20:53

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35752246)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...956046#rlabs=8

Every Premier League game set to become available for streaming according to this article.

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It means companies like Google and Apple will be well placed to challenge Sky and BT Sport for the right to provide services.

Remember me suggesting this 1andrew1 :D

In similar news

Chad	12-01-2015 21:21

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35752246)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...956046#rlabs=8

Every Premier League game set to become available for streaming according to this article.

Yet this article from earlier today suggests this won't happen:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nts-Ofcom.html

"It is understood that Ofcom representatives said at the meeting last week that they will announce a decision on its investigation of the Premier League rights auction by the end of March.

Multiple sources close to the meeting told The Telegraph that officials indicated they were likely to intervene to increase the number of matches that can be broadcast live, following a complaint last year from the cable operator Virgin Media.

Ofcom gave those present at the impression it does not intend to make all Premier League matches available. In recognition of football traditions, those matches scheduled for 3pm on Saturday would remain off-limits to broadcasters, it was suggested at the meeting, although they would be fewer to allow more action at other times of the week."

vincerooney

13-01-2015 16:21

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Wwe network is live in the uk. 9.99 a month. You can subscribe now and watch

denphone

13-01-2015 16:48

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No thanks l don't want to watch that fixed rubbish.;)

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