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  1. virtual alan

    virtual alan Officer at Arms

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    http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing

    Any help here would be good.

    When I go to the above site it seems to know that my PC is not in the USA

    Is this down to the ISP provider or something?

    Is there anyway around this?
     
  2. mairsil

    mairsil Officer at Arms

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    They are definitely restricting based on country. Only way around it that I could think of is to find a proxy within the US/North America, though I'm not sure if streaming would work all too well that way.
     
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    virtual alan Officer at Arms

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    To the uninitiated or like me thick ;-) how would I find a proxy in the US? (what is a proxy?)
     
  4. Alchy

    Alchy Illustrious Member

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    A proxy is a way of redirecting internet traffic through a single point to you. If that single point is in America, and it's an anonymous proxy (ie, if it doesn't tell the site where it's sending it's data) then you'll be able to see whatever's on that site.

    There are many proxy lists, just google for them.
     
  5. Taucias

    Taucias Site Supporter 2014,2015

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    As a side, be careful about https sites through an unknown proxy. I believe there is potential for data capture.
     
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