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Old 14-02-2015, 07:39
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I've seen unblock US mentioned on here a lot and have looked on their website, but still don't really understand what they are and what they do? Are they kosher??
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Old 14-02-2015, 07:56
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Unblock-Us is a DNS/VPN service which allows you to access geo locked websites from other countries.
A lot of people use it mainly for accessing other Netflix regions. There's plenty of other video streaming sites/players to have access to, just take a look at their supported sites.
Myself at the moment I use it for Netflix, The CW, WatchABC, FoxNow. I have used it for WWE Network before too.
People in other countries use it for accessing the likes BBCiPlayer etc.
If you look at their support pages it tells you all you need to know about who they are and what they offer.
www.unblock-us.com
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Old 14-02-2015, 10:49
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Is there anywhere to see what content US netflix has that the UK doesn't? Been thinking about getting unblockus but there's already so much on the UK version I haven't seen yet, so the shows on the US would need to be pretty amazing to make me want to watch them before my UK backlog.
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Old 14-02-2015, 11:25
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Is there anywhere to see what content US netflix has that the UK doesn't? Been thinking about getting unblockus but there's already so much on the UK version I haven't seen yet, so the shows on the US would need to be pretty amazing to make me want to watch them before my UK backlog.
For doing a comparison between the US and UK see below:

Netflix UK v US titles A -J

Netflix UK v US titles J - Z

Also the other regions are worth checking out as they have a lot of stuff not on US or UK. I think it's a no brainer for anyone with Netflix not to get these DNS services. I use adfreetimne and its only £1.18 a month!
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Old 14-02-2015, 13:19
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For doing a comparison between the US and UK see below:

Netflix UK v US titles A -J

Netflix UK v US titles J - Z

Also the other regions are worth checking out as they have a lot of stuff not on US or UK. I think it's a no brainer for anyone with Netflix not to get these DNS services. I use adfreetimne and its only £1.18 a month!
Im currently watching agent carter on watch ABC through apple tv but downside is there are ads. Would this adfreetime take them out?
As it turns out there are a lot of ads. Thought it was bad in the uk.
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Old 14-02-2015, 17:50
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Im currently watching agent carter on watch ABC through apple tv but downside is there are ads. Would this adfreetime take them out?
As it turns out there are a lot of ads. Thought it was bad in the uk.
Not sure Matt, doubt it though to be honest - I think its main use is blocking website ads rather than ads played during an actual show. My main use for adfreetime is just switching regions via my PS3 so I'm not best qualified to answer you.

Some info from them about their ad blocking service:

If you use our DNS server in your router, your entire network will be Ad-free time enabled! Not just for ad blocking, but also for region unlock.
So whenever you use your home internet, you enjoy ad free internet. Regardless of what device you’re using!

Set it up once, and forget about it!
We not only filter advertisements, but also most known malware sites (sites known to be harmful to your computer).
On top of that, we also filter most marketing research sites that track users. These sites track users to generate a taste profile which they use to show you personalized ads.
Using our service, you don’t have to worry about being tracked by those sites.
Our advertising, malware and tracking lists are updated daily, no need to worry about staying up to date – you’re always automatically up to date!
I’m still seeing ads on Hulu, why?

Note that we don’t block Hulu ads because they detect ad blocking and will display a 60 second message telling you to turn off ad blocking.
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Old 14-02-2015, 18:11
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Not sure Matt, doubt it though to be honest - I think its main use is blocking website ads rather than ads played during an actual show. My main use for adfreetime is just switching regions via my PS3 so I'm not best qualified to answer you.

Some info from them about their ad blocking service:
Yeah it seems that's what its for. Shame but I'm enjoying the show so I'll get used to them.
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Old 15-02-2015, 14:36
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What happens after the 7 day free trial ends? Today is last day of my trial.
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Old 15-02-2015, 15:14
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What happens after the 7 day free trial ends? Today is last day of my trial.
Either go to unblock-us site, select My Account and setup payment (monthly or a year) or remove DNS settings from device if you no longer wish to continue using the service.
You should recieve an email detailing your options.
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Old 15-02-2015, 15:24
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Either go to unblock-us site, select My Account and setup payment (monthly or a year) or remove DNS settings from device if you no longer wish to continue using the service.
You should recieve an email detailing your options.
Hoping to pay through PayPal if they do that. Watched agent carter up to seen 6 but its locked so how long usually before they become available?
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Old 15-02-2015, 17:33
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Hoping to pay through PayPal if they do that. Watched agent carter up to seen 6 but its locked so how long usually before they become available?
Paypal yes, WatchABC a week after air date.
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Old 15-02-2015, 18:10
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Paypal yes, WatchABC a week after air date.
I've never had a monthly payment through paypal. Usually I just put in my card details on the website im buying from. Is it just the same only it goes through paypal? And is paypal secure?
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Old 15-02-2015, 19:30
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I've never had a monthly payment through paypal. Usually I just put in my card details on the website im buying from. Is it just the same only it goes through paypal? And is paypal secure?
https://www.paypal.com/uk/home
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Old 15-02-2015, 19:43
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Being new to this, how do the overcome the location services on an iPad as I would like to use my iPad whilst travelling but SkyGo and BT Sports apps both employ the iPads location services as well as checking country of IP address so you need to spoof where the device is as well.
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Old 16-02-2015, 02:25
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For doing a comparison between the US and UK see below:

Netflix UK v US titles A -J

Netflix UK v US titles J - Z

Also the other regions are worth checking out as they have a lot of stuff not on US or UK. I think it's a no brainer for anyone with Netflix not to get these DNS services. I use adfreetimne and its only £1.18 a month!

Moreflicks is also a good way of seeing what's available in different regions on different services:

http://www.moreflicks.com/
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Old 16-02-2015, 16:59
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Just setup my monthly subscription for this through paypal. $4.99 which is around £3.20. At least I can now watch my favourite shows.
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Old 16-02-2015, 17:24
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Just setup my monthly subscription for this through paypal. $4.99 which is around £3.20. At least I can now watch my favourite shows.
Even better news, it's Canadian Dollars so makes that around £2.60
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Old 16-02-2015, 17:34
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Even better news, it's Canadian Dollars so makes that around £2.60
Brilliant. Been seeing this adfreetime, do you have that?
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Old 16-02-2015, 17:53
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Brilliant. Been seeing this adfreetime, do you have that?
No I've not, but have just read this which is worth a read along with the comments at the bottom.
http://jacklenox.com/2014/02/12/one-...r-encountered/
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Old 16-02-2015, 18:05
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No I've not, but have just read this which is worth a read along with the comments at the bottom.
http://jacklenox.com/2014/02/12/one-...r-encountered/
Yeah think I'll give that a miss.
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Old 16-02-2015, 22:09
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I've used AdFreeTime for quite a while. I've never had to use their support, but equally the service has always worked well for me.
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Old 16-02-2015, 23:34
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Just to add to this, and back to Unblock-Us, I have to say that I found recently that it lets you connect to more foreign subscription websites (subscriptions paid, of course) than some of the most well-known standard VPN services. I suspect that many VPN services have either their entire IP address ranges blocked, or can be identified as VPNs, and are blocked because of that.

The Unblock-Us DNS server model seems to be harder for sites to block than standard VPN providers, and 'normal' sites that are not geo-blocking, performance seems to be unaffected. It's a useful service with clear instructions for use, and I do like the fact that they only ask for an email address to join the trial and in fact, encourage you to take the one week trial before subscribing. Those are some of the signs of a setup with good customer service.

But of course, Unblock-Us is not a standard VPN service and it does much less than they do, but is very good at what it does do and is sold for.
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Old 16-02-2015, 23:57
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No I've not, but have just read this which is worth a read along with the comments at the bottom.
http://jacklenox.com/2014/02/12/one-...r-encountered/
I was actually going to give them a try, think i'll stick with unotelly lol i know i'm in good hands.
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