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By zimbos_05 - 18 Aug 2014 9:30 AM

So, i shall be heading over to the UK for 2 years in September. I would still like to be able to watch the A-league and such. Does anyone who i living in the UK know how i can do that whilst i am there. I understand that BT sport has the rights but my uncle does not have BT at the moment, he only has Sky.

I also will have my laptop and a Galaxy Tab 2, but with country restrictions i doubt that i will be able to use my Foxtel account on the Foxtel Go app unless the app is not country restricted, or anyone can suggest to me a way to IP block either the laptop or tablet.

All help and suggestions are greatly greatly appreciated.

Cheers
By zimbos_05 - 20 Aug 2014 10:18 AM

mcjules wrote:
zimbos_05 wrote:
mcjules wrote:
zimbos_05 wrote:
mcjules wrote:
Ok so...

For Unotelly you can use as many clients as you like. In fact a way quite a few people use it is by putting the DNS settings in your router.

For ExpressVPN and most other providers, you can have the app installed on as many pcs as you like but the TOS say you can only use one client at a time. There's been times I've inadvertently had both on at the same time but haven't had any warnings. Probably because I'm not really a heavy user.


Thanks heaps for the info.

I think ill go with the VPN option as i will be staying at my uncles place so dont really want to be changing the dns settings on his router or anything like that.

I doubt ill be using both my laptop and tablet at the same time. Its mainly for A-league games, so if i can get it on the tablet then i will be happy as i can sit nicely in the lounge watching the game without having to lug my laptop around.

Does the VPN affect the play store. I know some apps are not available overseas due to their location settings and such.

You don't need to change the settings on the router, you can do it on your tablet or pc.

As for the VPN and the play store, yes it does affect it and with a good vpn provider with lots of server locations it's just a matter of switching to the correct location to make it work.


When I said, affect the play store, I meant as in, some apps are country restricted. So with the VPN I wouldn't have that problem of being able to download apps that are meant to be country restricted?

Thanks again for your help. been super helpful.

Ok so let's say you are trying to download an app that is only available in the UK (while you're there). If you're connected to the Australian VPN server, you won't be able to download it. Disconnect from the server and you'll be able to download it again. Conversely, if you want to download an app that is only available in Australia and you're in the UK. Connect to the Australian VPN server and the download will work.

Basically whatever country you pick in the app, as far as websites/apps etc are concerned you'll be located in that country.


Ok, awesome. Will have a play around with them and see how i go. Thanks for all the info. Really helpful.