VPN tips, advice, recommendations, etc.

[Spikefan]

I didn’t try to use VPN, just always have it on and had to turn it off to watch the ISU feed for juniors on YouTube. I can watch other things on YouTube with my VPN on, so must be ISU cracking down.

 

[Karen-W]

I didn’t try to use VPN, just always have it on and had to turn it off to watch the ISU feed for juniors on YouTube. I can watch other things on YouTube with my VPN on, so must be ISU cracking down.

No, it's YT in general. Also, Jr Worlds isn't geo-blocked anywhere, so there would be no need for a VPN.

 

[Spikefan]

Yes, I know it’s not blocked. I just always have my VPN on. It is back on now and I can watch a travel vlogger just fine. If I try to go back and watch anything On ISU I get the VPN message. So not all of YouTube.

 

[Karen-W]

Yes, I know it’s not blocked. I just always have my VPN on. It is back on now and I can watch a travel vlogger just fine. If I try to go back and watch anything On ISU I get the VPN message. So not all of YouTube.

Or the travel vlogger doesn't want anything geoblocked????

 

[Spikefan]

I follow 35 channels. Only Olympics and ISU give me the VPN message. All the others work. So as I said, not all of YouTube.

 

[Miezekatze]

I follow 35 channels. Only Olympics and ISU give me the VPN message. All the others work. So as I said, not all of YouTube.

I just tried this out out of curiosity. I’m in Germany and turned on my ExpressVPN (to Great Britain) and I still can watch the ISU channel with Junior Worlds. So I guess it might also depend on the browser and country of origin.

 

[Sylvia]

No, it's YT in general. Also, Jr Worlds isn't geo-blocked anywhere, so there would be no need for a VPN.

Actually all the Junior Worlds individual videos were groblocked in the USA until today (fixed now).

 

[Spikefan]

I did a Reddit YouTube dive and it appears if you get a dedicated IP through your VPN this will circumvent the situation. I have Nord. It’s $4.69 a month. This close to the end of the season I’m not going to bother as I can watch Worlds live on Peacock. If anyone does this, let us know if it works.

 

[Aceon6]

I did a Reddit YouTube dive and it appears if you get a dedicated IP through your VPN this will circumvent the situation. I have Nord. It’s $4.69 a month. This close to the end of the season I’m not going to bother as I can watch Worlds live on Peacock. If anyone does this, let us know if it works.

I’d do this for the meat of next season as Nord frequently offers a sale price on dedicated IP. The question is whether you can pick a country. AFAICT, Luxembourg and Brazil have good infrastructure, but I’d need a guarantee and a way to check before I’d commit.

 

[Sylvia]

@kwanette asked in the Worlds subforum - can anyone help?
"I just checked opera browser..where I watch all skating events to avoid the babbling..and it says that I am not connected to the internet..cannot get on YT or any other site. (vpn) TIA"

 

[kwanette]

@kwanette asked in the Worlds subforum - can anyone help?
"I just checked opera browser..where I watch all skating events to avoid the babbling..and it says that I am not connected to the internet..cannot get on YT or any other site. (vpn) TIA"

It was working yesterday, ty..