Circumventing BBC iPlayer block

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Does anyone have any tips on how to circumvent BBC iPlayer blocking access via my VPN?

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  • tomewormtomeworm
    If your vpn is PIA then no. They suddenly distanced themselves from circumventing geolocks last month, even though it had been one of their primary marketing points from their inception.

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    We were promised a formal response almost a month ago to the numerous concerns that were raised over PIA's sudden about-face. Since that hasn't happened in over three weeks it's pretty obvious the whole affair has just been pushed under the rug and will be ignored. This only reinforces the concerns I've raised regarding PIA's questionable business ethics.

    Therefore you may have to consider another provider. However it might make more sense going with a smart dns provider instead, or in addition to, a vpn provider, depending on your needs. Smart dns providers appear much more committed to geolock circumvention.
  • Osborne_CoxOsborne_Cox
    I know some IP ranges still work, so you could make a .ovpn file to connect and use OpenVPN or third-party client instead of the PIA app.


  • tomewormtomeworm
    @Osborne_Cox, PIA's UK .ovpn's list URLs rather than IP addresses. It would be appreciated if you could give us some specifics on how to create a .ovpn that could select a specific server or range of servers in the UK, based on IP addresses. Can the command line "remote uk-london.privateinternetaccess.com 1194" replace the URL with an IP address? Better yet can it include more than one IP address?

    If so, I"m assuming that figuring out which addresses to use is entirely a trial and error process -- connect, see if it works and note the IP address?
  • Osborne_CoxOsborne_Cox
    Yes, just replace the url uk-london.privateinternetaccess.com with the IP address. It's trial and error to find which works (for now).
  • picklespickles
    Osborne_Cox said:
    Yes, just replace the url uk-london.privateinternetaccess.com with the IP address. It's trial and error to find which works (for now).
    I'd really be indebted if you could please provide just a little more detail about how to do this. Exactly where am I replacing this URL? (On a Mac)
  • p2353879p2353879
    My nephew gave me a demo of Cyberghost yesterday.
    The BBC Player worked with the first UK server he tried.
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