Best FREE VPN?

[SimonMac]

I seriously recommend taking out a free trial before you pay. I found that even highly recommended providers hit my download speed by anything up to 90%. It was impossible to stream video and that was what I wanted the VPN for. Also note that I know of no VPN that allows access to Netflix UK from abroad. They are all blocked.

Self hosted VPN allows me to watch anything I want from the UK when I am abroad

[VillageContractor]

I have nordvpn and use it for downloading and it’s not quick, it would struggle if I was streaming.

It was fairly low cost though

[Fred Bloggs]

I have nordvpn and use it for downloading and it’s not quick, it would struggle if I was streaming.

It was fairly low cost though

Yes, that one came highly recommended. Extremely slow, useless for streaming. Blocked by Netflix, like all the others too.

[Fred Bloggs]

Self hosted VPN allows me to watch anything I want from the UK when I am abroad

A VPN you host yourself? As a lowly, thick engineer, I doubt I could set that up.

[SimonMac]

A VPN you host yourself? As a lowly, thick engineer, I doubt I could set that up.

Download VirtualBox on what ever platform you have at home and follow this step by step:

https://www.digitalocean.com/communi...n-ubuntu-14-04

[TheFaQQer]

A VPN you host yourself? As a lowly, thick engineer, I doubt I could set that up.

This might be a reasonable alternative?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/i...ng-alternative

[SimonMac]

This might be a reasonable alternative?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/i...ng-alternative

Isn't this what Slingbox is or was?

[TheFaQQer]

Isn't this what Slingbox is or was?

I thought Slingbox was a TV-oriented thing rather than something that gives you access to your home network. It used to be, but may have changed / rebranded etc.

[Fred Bloggs]

Thanks for those suggestions. I will look at them later. I found Slingbox to be a good idea but rubbish in execution. I suspect technology has left the old style Slingbox back in the dark ages?

[contractorinatractor]

The built-in one in Opera works for me.

It's not a VPN. It is misnamed. It is a transparent proxy, that proxies traffic and also sends a unique user identifier. You are then tracked no matter which SurfEasyLtd regional proxy you use. When enabling this within the Opera web browser, it is simply redirecting traffic through your chosen region proxy. Hardly secure and not at all anonymous.

Don't use this. Your traffic is tracked. It isn't a VPN. Opera are also now owned by a Chinese company, whereas previously they were exclusively based and funded via bank accounts in Norway.

Avoid, avoid, avoid.