Re:9% have cut cable, another 11% are considering it
by Santorum on Thursday January 05, 2012 @04:19PM
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What VPN service do you use that gives you access to both US and UK endpoints?
Re:9% have cut cable, another 11% are considering it
by dieselweasel on Thursday January 05, 2012 @06:41PM
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VyperVPN (purchased as part of a package through Giganews). It gives me an endpoint in the US, UK, France, EU (unspecified) and Hong Kong. It's possible there are others but I haven't bothered checking in a while.
Re:9% have cut cable, another 11% are considering it
by noarchy on Thursday January 05, 2012 @03:07PM
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I'm the same boat as you, paying for a VPN so that I can consume the content of my choice on the internet. I even pay for a few services abroad that normally wouldn't take my money, due to IP restrictions.
I'm also in Canada, and unfortunately you really can't get everything you want on cable here, given the CRTC's restrictions on foreign competition.
Everyone in the house streams their media (Netflix, iTunes, downloaded TV series). I also pay for a VPN account that gives me unrestricted access to US and UK media not otherwise available in Canada.
We do still pay for cable but, honestly, it is only used three or four hours a month for when we're looking for something to act as background noise (and, even then, we're just as likely to put on Pandora or Spotify).
The one reason that I've been hesitant to cancel cable is because I DO download TV. It assuages my guilt, somewhat, at what is effectively piracy because I _could_ get the downloaded content through my cable subscription.