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How to watch the Olympics, live, from the United States

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Re: How to watch the Olympics, live, from the United States

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Post by alayne »

ck2 wrote: post #21

I know this won't be popular but is it actually a right to watch the Olympics live? Like movies in theaters I just ignore the hype and wait six months for either redbox or netflix to get it.

It's obviously not a fundamental human right to have access to Olympic programming. However the way in which they delay programming and restrict access seems manipulative which I file under unethical.

Re: How to watch the Olympics, live, from the United States

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Post by omarkassim »

coderrr wrote: post #10

Or you could sign up at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com for our VPN with two UK gateways for 6.95 for one month. Cheaper and much easier to setup. And from what I remember flash does not follow the system SOCKS proxy settings: http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/how-to-force-flash-o...

I'd highly recommend this option. Tried them out a couple of months ago and the service is brilliant. Multiple Exit IPs and unlimited bandwidth including torrents takes the cake.

Re: How to watch the Olympics, live, from the United States

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Post by bradgessler »

binaryorganic wrote: post #13

This is spam. First step is a referral link to linode.com.

Its not. I just put a disclosure at the bottom of the post and would like to donate whatever the referrals are to an anti-censorship organization, assuming Linode can make that happen.

Re: How to watch the Olympics, live, from the United States

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Post by GlenAnderson »

jevinskie wrote: post #20
coderrr wrote: post #10

Or you could sign up at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com for our VPN with two UK gateways for 6.95 for one month. Cheaper and much easier to setup. And from what I remember flash does not follow the system SOCKS proxy settings: http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/how-to-force-flash-o...

For the price of a fast food lunch I decided to try it out. I appreciate the many supported protocols. The L2TP w/ IPSec VPN works just fine in OS X. The streaming quality was quite good and the online offerings from the BBC puts NBC's broadcasts to shame! I couldn't find a commercial either... is that really the case and I'm just a shellshocked American who hasn't seen the BBC in the UK before?

That's the case - no adverts any of the bbc's television channels or radio stations in the UK. Most broadcasts are available on iPlayer too, always without adverts.

Re: How to watch the Olympics, live, from the United States

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Post by k-mcgrady »

jevinskie wrote: post #20
coderrr wrote: post #10

Or you could sign up at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com for our VPN with two UK gateways for 6.95 for one month. Cheaper and much easier to setup. And from what I remember flash does not follow the system SOCKS proxy settings: http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/how-to-force-flash-o...

For the price of a fast food lunch I decided to try it out. I appreciate the many supported protocols. The L2TP w/ IPSec VPN works just fine in OS X. The streaming quality was quite good and the online offerings from the BBC puts NBC's broadcasts to shame! I couldn't find a commercial either... is that really the case and I'm just a shellshocked American who hasn't seen the BBC in the UK before?

No commercials. The BBC is funded by UK taxpayers through a license fee (about £12 per month).
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