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Old Jul 26, 2016, 4:23 pm
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Has Netfilx started blocking Amazon Web Services (AWS) yet?

If not, then make your own VPN. Does not even need to be running all the time. Spin it up before watching the movie, then shut it down afterwards.
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Old Aug 7, 2016, 9:45 pm
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Any recommendations for a Free VPN to mask IP address?
Can somebody recommend a Free VPN to be used in Windows 7 (or Vista) mainly to mask the IP address?
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Old Aug 8, 2016, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by jah718
I am based in China, so I use a paid VPN all the time...

Generally, the VPN's that are seen as the best are Astrill, ExpressVPN, Vypr etc.
I'm traveling to China for a few month, currently considering ExpressVPN.

I need VPN for both my iPhone and MacBook. Since the cost may be covered by my company (within reason), I'm not particularly price sensitive, so speed and stability are key.

Would you recommend Astrill or Vypr over ExpressVPN?

If anyone else know something else even better for China, do share
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Old Aug 8, 2016, 8:31 pm
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Here are some reviews of VPN services.

Some of these have free options:

http://lifehacker.com/5935863/five-b...vice-providers

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403388,00.asp

Are the free services fast enough for good quality streaming?
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Old Aug 9, 2016, 3:46 am
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Originally Posted by wahaha360
Would you recommend Astrill or Vypr over ExpressVPN?
No experience with China but I'm using ExpressVPN over a year now and I'm 100% happy. Sometimes one or the other gateway has poor speeds but then changing to another I'm back up at about 100mbits which is close to the limit of my cable internet.
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Old Aug 9, 2016, 8:12 am
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Originally Posted by fassy
No experience with China but I'm using ExpressVPN over a year now and I'm 100% happy. Sometimes one or the other gateway has poor speeds but then changing to another I'm back up at about 100mbits which is close to the limit of my cable internet.
I found this website http://www.tipsforchina.com/best-vpn-for-china.html, they recommend VPN.AC, have you had any experience with this provider?
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Old Aug 10, 2016, 3:33 am
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Originally Posted by WilcoRoger
This note found in my hotel room in Peking says differently
That doesn't say differently. That says the exact same thing
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Old Aug 10, 2016, 6:12 pm
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Anyone else find that netflix isn't blocking PIA VPN anymore? I can connect and watch with my VPN on now for a week.
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Old Aug 11, 2016, 11:31 am
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I just turned on OpenVPN on my home router and connect to that. Has worked great all over the world, including China.
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Old Aug 11, 2016, 5:54 pm
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Does it get through the Great Firewall?
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Old Aug 18, 2016, 8:59 pm
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I would really like to subscribe to a good VPN, but in a few hours of reading online, the reviews by people who have tried them are not good. I was only reading about the ones that are recommended by some of the top tech websites.

Any personal recommendations from Flyertalkers?
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Old Aug 19, 2016, 1:30 am
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Windscribe came heavily recommended to me but it's really slow most times
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Old Aug 19, 2016, 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by Jeannietx
I would really like to subscribe to a good VPN, but in a few hours of reading online, the reviews by people who have tried them are not good. I was only reading about the ones that are recommended by some of the top tech websites.

Any personal recommendations from Flyertalkers?
I continue to use torguard and tunnelbear in various forms (although across all my platforms) without issue.

TB is ios and macosx only, so iphone and ipad and mac, free and fee

whereas Torguard is across everything and configurable for other VPN clients.. bout 30$ a year
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Old Aug 19, 2016, 10:30 am
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Originally Posted by nmenaker
I continue to use torguard and tunnelbear in various forms (although across all my platforms) without issue.
When I've got to do banking or other financial stuff away from my home router and I want to go the extra mile, I pair my VPN (pia) with Torbrowser (set at highest secure setting).
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Old Aug 19, 2016, 11:53 am
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I heard that some of these cheap VPN services are really NSA honeypots.

Anyways, I was considering PIA, especially their pay with Amazon option.

There really is no way to pay anonymously is there?
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