VPN for sailing in Europe

[All_at_Sea]

I keep hearing about VPNs, ie sites can't identify where you are or you can pretend to be in a different location. I was thinking about using one for using BBC iPlayer in europe. Does anyone else do this and which version do you use. I realise l will have to pay for this but as we are sailing for two months from July it might be worth it for those rainy, cold nights in Denmark!

 

[Yngmar]

ProtonVPN is good, so are many others. However, a lot of services block access from a VPN in general because it bypasses their geofencing and they don't like that. I don't know if the BBC has joined this group yet, but if not it's probably just a matter of time. I believe Amazon has and Netflix is about to.

Geofencing is an extremely silly practice that drives mobile customers to cancel their now useless subscriptions, so amongst people travelling a lot and/or with intermittent internet access, an ancient nautical tradition is popular. You're not required to have a peg leg, eyepatch, hook or parrot, although a spare USB flash drive or external hard disk are very useful. You may even make new friends in the process!

 

[Goldie]

NordVPN gives access to iPlayer, UK tv channels and radio. We don’t watch much tv but we’ve used it for nearly a year, mainly for radio, and it’s been excellent.

I even used it at home last winter to watch the Ashes series in Australia - although I wish I hadn’t …

 

[wallacebob]

Good results with Nord, usually gets me iPlayer. Occasionally need to disconnect and refresh things. Sign up for monthly, then cancel when done.

 

[Graham376]

We don't bother with a vpn, just use Transpondertv which for a monthly fee allows streaming of all UK TV channels with no contract Can also record on their server for later streaming. Watch UK TV, Anywhere | Transponder. TV:anywhere

 

[roaringgirl]

Windscribe

 

[LorenzoC]

I use NordVPN when I travel abroad and never fail me

 

[Hoolie]

I'm another satisfied user of NordVPN