VPN for holidays
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andygo

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7,398 posts

285 months

Saturday 3rd June 2023
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As the title - I'm away for about a month on hols, France and Portugal.

Is there a VPN i can get for a couple of months that works so I can listen to UK radio stations whilst basking in the sun eating a tasty mediterranean diet and quaffing unhealthy beverages?

redrabbit29

2,882 posts

163 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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I'm a Nordvpn user and have been for about 18 months. I use it on my Nvidia shield (TV box), home PC and laptops as well as mobile phone.

I'm on Turkey right now and I used it a few times this week. Once to watch FA cup final yesterday on BBC, and a few times when buying something where it kept complaining I was outside the UK

I also listened to BBC Sounds using VPN

It was all flawless and brilliant. It's also incredibly cheap for short periods with tons of special offers. I just renewed, something like £45 for a year or similar

ARHarh

4,892 posts

137 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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You can listen to most of BBC sounds anywhere in the world, pretty sure you can do this with most online radio.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/listen...

mikef

6,158 posts

281 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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ExpressVPN works well on all sorts of devices - free trial for 30 days if you sign up, but remember to cancel before the annual billing kicks in

colin79666

2,218 posts

143 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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Check your router. If it isn’t a crappy ISP supplied one then it might have a vpn server built in you just need to configure.

ruwokeenuff

409 posts

43 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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Oh another VPN thread...

andygo

Original Poster:

7,398 posts

285 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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So it is! Great spot.

On another note, thanks for the replies guys.

dickymint

29,114 posts

288 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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Come on fez up you want to watch the Champions League Final :heh:

andygo

Original Poster:

7,398 posts

285 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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dickymint said:
Come on fez up you want to watch the Champions League Final :heh:
Er, definately not! smile

superpp

583 posts

228 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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to listen to radio you don't really need a VPN.
most stations have online streams which can be accessed, install TuneIn and any dedicated radio station app.

mikef

6,158 posts

281 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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Tunein seems to have recently stopped working outside the Uk for BBC streams. The BBC Sounds app has worked wherever I have tried it

maxdb

1,547 posts

187 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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mikef said:
Tunein seems to have recently stopped working outside the Uk for BBC streams. The BBC Sounds app has worked wherever I have tried it
I usually connect to a Norway server and it seems to run ok for me.