Watch BBC iPlayer outside UK with UK Proxy 10

You could have spotted that when you're outside of the UK, you cannot access the BBC Iplayer abroad. The explanation is the BBC uses something by the name of Geolocation to restrict viewing to precise users. Basically what the BBC IPlayer site does is look at your IP address and compare it to a database to figure out where you are surfing from.

If the database announces that your iP address isn't registered in the United Kingdom you will get blocked. It's worth trying though, a few of these IP databases are outdated and may incorrectly place you in the United Kingdom even if you're not. For instance there's quite a chunk of French IP addresses that get listed as UK addresses and these can play BBC Iplayer without issues.

So what can you do if your IP address is listed as being outside the UK, are the BBC Iplayer delights like Formula One and Match of the day denied you? Well there's hope and it's actually quite a simple conumdrum to resolve. So lets have a look at some options.

BBC IplayerProxy Options

the cheapest option but not necessarily the most straightforward is to attach back to a UK machine, what you want is to form a straightforward VPN or SSH tunnel back to a computer in the UK. You can then modify your proxy settings in your browser and your IP address will seem to be based in the UK. This method works rather well if you have some technical data and access to a machine in the UK, one of the Problems is that you will need a good upload speed from the United Kingdom machine or the link will be extremely slow.

another option is the BBC IPlayer substitute method, find a free stand in server and surf through this. Of course you may have to be sure it's in the United Kingdom but it should enable to view BBC IPlayer. The downsides are that you have to ceaselessly search for new proxies, the free ones seldom last particularly long, sometimes only hours before they're overloaded. Make sure you don't do your normal skimming thru these proxies though and ensure your pathogen checkers are recent.

The other methodology is to employ a commercial option, this is just paying a fee to employ a UK based substitute server. It works pretty much the same as the free system with the edges that it is much safer, much quicker and you can connect any time you wish.

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