...a suitable site to enable me to access iPlayer content from outside the UK? Tried some proxies but all too slow.
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Not iplayer specifically but I can heartily recommend a slingbox if you want to watch UK tv abroad. Kept me going through some long Moscow trips (that and free "specialist" channels on hotel tv
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You can always set up a proxy server of your own at home. Squid is an excellent proxy app that runs on windows or Linux and is quick and easy to configure.Originally posted by realityhack View Post...a suitable site to enable me to access iPlayer content from outside the UK? Tried some proxies but all too slow."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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