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Old 23-08-2014, 00:52   #26
General Maximus
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Re: Site blocked despite using vpn

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Originally Posted by bubblegun View Post
Why did you sign up for the VPN anyway? Not for the purpose of avoiding this I hope? Hope you only paid a month if it was and not the year up-front.
out of genuine curiosity. Firstly I have seen quite a few forum members mention them over the last couple of months and how handy they are in circumventing some access restriction policies with regards to ports. Secondly, I have been doing some MS certifications to do with servers, security and vpns so I wanted to have a crack at it.
Like I said from the get go, this wasn't about trying to access tpb. I am a genuinely curious guy and I like to understand how things work (I have actually got a degree in microbiology) so when something like this happens and I cannot explain it with my current level of networking knowledge, I seek to gain more information and knowledge so I can learn and understand and apply the principles going forward.
I wanted to sign up on a month by month basis but the minimum is 3 months. It doesn't matter because the vpn works great and does what I want it to anyway so there is no need think about cancelling it.

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
That said, are you specifically locked to that one particular server?
I chose Nottingham because it is the closest to me. I can choose any server I want in 19 countries apparently so I might have a crack at changing it somewhere completely different in Europe and see if I get hit with the same message.
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