AlwaysVPN Takes U.S.-Only Sites International
I know many of you are non-US residents, and therefore, you have had problems with many of the Heroes: Evolutions content in the past. The best way to fix this in the past was for HeroesARG to rehost stuff for you [which we are glad to do], but i’ve found an alternative…
Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): AlwaysVPN, a free virtual private networking service, is promoted as a safer way for anyone to browse the web or trading files over a public net connection. It works for that purpose, sure, but it also lets anyone on the disappointing side of a U.S.-only service like Hulu, Pandora, or Fancast get around that often arbitrary restriction. We’ve previously featured a similar service, Hotspot Shield, but AlwaysVPN has the edge in not installing any toolbars (although it does put ads across the top of your browser), working on all three major platforms, and, well, being a go-to VPN proxy if Hotspot is only trickling in. Installation and startup are a simple right-click affair in Windows, while OS X users will have to configure a third-party VPN client, and Linux users compile from source. AlwaysVPN is a free download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems.
AlwaysVPN [via LifeHacker]
If you try it out, let us know how it works.
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Tarot on 11 November 2008 | Want an avatar? Get your free Gravatar!
And there was something wrong with NBC’s in show text messages last night too. I’m in the US and have texting ability and yet when I tried to reply that my time zone was “A” which is A. ET I kept being told “Sorry we could not understand your message.” Never had a problem with this before last night. I think I liked the 2 screen thing they did in seasons 1 and 2 better.
Frank on 11 November 2008 | Want an avatar? Get your free Gravatar!
Ya, i’m hearing alot of that. Then everyone could participate.
Patrick Soon on 28 November 2008 | Want an avatar? Get your free Gravatar!
Hey HeroesARG,
I tried AlwaysVPN on Vista but it didn’t work for me. I installed it, and have run it a couple of times even as it says that it’s given me a new IP address (I’m in Canada). I think I’ll stick with Hotspot Shield–another free US-based vpn–until AlwaysVPN irons out the kinks:
http://patricksoon.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-watch-hulu-in-canada-hack.html
Albamapie on 29 November 2008 | Want an avatar? Get your free Gravatar!
I can’t get it to work either in XP from the UK. It sets up an new wired connection via an adapter but you can’t link it to any wireless connection you alredy have. So that means I can’t use it over any wireless connection. I haven’t tried using an Ethernet yet.