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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 2:41 am
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Originally Posted by Skyman65
Ever since I moved to Taiwan a couple years ago, I have been relying on a paid VPN service (StrongVPN) to access geographically protected programming from the US (Netflix, Hulu, various networks). This has been working fine for me.

But this week, I noticed that I am no longer able to access programming from CBS, even through the VPN. I get the message that the videos are not available in my geographic region. I can still access Netflix and Hulu without problems.

Has CBS figured out how to close the VPN loophole? This has me worried that I may soon lose access to everything else. Anyone know anything about this?

Have you tried to find out what IP address country location shows up now when using the VPN?
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