Ordinarily you cannot watch BBC iPlayer when in Australia as it is geographically locked. Many apps you will find when you travel form country to country stop working. This is something that frustrates millions of backpackers around the world; fortunately there is now a workaround for this.
If you are a British Backpacker sitting their in a hostel in Melbourne in winter, wanting to stay in and watch some TV catch on your iPad, then you may now access all of your UK TV apps, including BBC iPlayer.
The first thing to do is to subscribe to a VPN service, that offers at least 1 UK VPN server. Once you have a UK VPN running on your device, you can then, switch off your devices GPS, connect to the UK VPN, then delete and re-download your TV apps.
PRIVATRAX is a popular VPN with Brits as it is one of the few that still unblocks all of the British TV apps, such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub and Channel 4 OD.
A VPN is great not just only for accessing your TV apps when overseas, but you may also access casino, poker and all other geo-locked apps anywhere.
If you are in the Middle East, China, or somewhere that has strict internet filtering, then it is vital to have a VPN running, so that you may access social media without any restrictions. It is crazy to think that even countries as far west as Turkey in Asia have major restrictions with using services such as YouTube and Twitter.
In addition to the unblocking part, a VPN will also give you Internet security as all traffic from your device, will sit behind an encrypted tunnel, to almost military grade. This is especially important if you are on public WIFI when using PayPal and banking apps.
If you shop around, you can find some great deals on VPN’s when a year or 2 or 3 years are paid upfront. PRIVATRAX has a year for just £20 (less than £2 per month) if you enter the coupon CHEAPASCHIPS at checkout. This will allow access to all UK, US, Canadian and European servers.
Paying for a VPN is a must, not only for Television channels abroad, but also for that internet security, which if you are on the move is an absolute must.
VPN technology has come on so far now that it is possible to install the same account on all laptops, tablets, smart phones and now even smart Television sets. If you wish to cover all devices at one stroke, then you can always install a VPN on your router, so that all devices will nicely sit behind a VPN’s IP address. This will be great if you are living permanently abroad as an expat in Australia, meeting either a Brutish or American IP address to access UK / US service anywhere.
All of this now fortunately is fairly easy for the average novice to follow.
