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iAlexG

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Jun 15, 2009
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I moved to the USA in the Summer and after going home for Christmas I realized how much I missed UK TV. There are such great free On Demand services for UK channels such as BBC's iPlayer, 4OD, ITV Player and more, plus Zattoo to watch live UK channels. I tried using FoxyProxy to access iPlayer and after hours of searching I found a server that worked, but it was too slow.
I also know that Zattoo requires a VPN to be able to load the channels.

So can someone explain to me what a VPN is, will it satisfy my needs, and recommend some good reasonably priced services (i have found UKVPN and StrongVPN and they look good and well priced, are they legit and reliable?)
 
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