problems accessing certain UK sites......

Recently moved to Canada and my laptop wont let me access certain UK website "Not available to non-UK residence"........... is there any way I can get around this?

Thanks in advance

Have you tried using a proxy server?

Originally posted by rmacken
Recently moved to Canada and my laptop wont let me access certain UK website "Not available to non-UK residence"........... is there any way I can get around this?

Thanks in advance

Originally posted by rmacken
Recently moved to Canada and my laptop wont let me access certain UK website "Not available to non-UK residence"........... is there any way I can get around this?

Thanks in advance

Originally posted by asromacalcio
I don't know, making this post pretty much useless, but for solidarity I have trouble downloading BBC podcasts from outside the UK, other than Radios 4 and 5. You're not alone.

Originally posted by Raven69
Have you tried using a proxy server?

Originally posted by adramforall
Move to UK 😛

Originally posted by rmacken
Can you explain that in detail please Raven?

Originally posted by Raven69
A proxy server hides your IP address and makes the site think you are from another country. I use http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy/ to watch videos only available to US.

I searched for UK based proxies and here is a list -
http://www.proxy4free.com/list/webproxy_country3.html

Maybe try one of those?

Originally posted by Very Rusty
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks! 🙂

EDIT: Oh yes, Thanks! 🙂

Originally posted by Raven69
A proxy server hides your IP address and makes the site think you are from another country. I use http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy/ to watch videos only available to US.

I searched for UK based proxies and here is a list -
http://www.proxy4free.com/list/webproxy_country3.html

Maybe try one of those?

Originally posted by rmacken
Many thanks Raven, I will look into it further tonight

😀

I highly recommend the following add on for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2464

Just installed it myself today from reading this thread, much more convenient for using all those proxy servers. You can input the IP addresses of the proxy, the port code, and make sure it only applies for certain websites; I didn't want to have to turn it off everytime I wanted to access a certain site, say the UK BBC iplayer because of an American IP address.

From this I got Pandora.com to work from the UK.
😀

Originally posted by rmacken
Thats exactly what im trying to do Chris, none of the BBC or ITV iplayers work for me.