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JamesonSkittles

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As most people in these crazy times, I am trying to save money by some cost cutting.  I recently moved and decided not to get cable.  I stream a tv service on my Firestick for the past few months.  However, recently certain stations, like ESPN I can not access. It says, "This channel requires a VPN to watch!"  I get this message with a few other channels, HBO, Showtime, NBAtv, and History channel to name a few.

I would like to be able to use the VPN on my Firestick and laptop.  

I heard about Cyberghost, which has a price of $99 for every 3 years, plus 2 months free.  Anybody use this service?  Another one you recommend?

Price is important, but so is ease of use.  I am a total novice when it comes to computers and all tech for that matter.

TIA

 
https://windscribe.com/upgrade

https://windscribe.com/features

Easy as clicking a button on/off and picking a server off a dropdown. Desktop app and web browser add-on as well. Built in Firewall, ad block, malware deteection, etc. Can't get much easier than that.

https://windscribe.com/promo/comparehttps://windscribe.com/promo/comparehttps://windscribe.com/promo/comparehttps://windscribe.com/promo/compareServers in 63 countries and 110 cities

/humblebrag

Been using a few years. I jumped in when they were starting up. Lifetime Pro account for 10 devices - cost: one-time fee of $70.

 
https://windscribe.com/upgrade

https://windscribe.com/features

Easy as clicking a button on/off and picking a server off a dropdown. Desktop app and web browser add-on as well. Built in Firewall, ad block, malware deteection, etc. Can't get much easier than that.

https://windscribe.com/promo/comparehttps://windscribe.com/promo/comparehttps://windscribe.com/promo/comparehttps://windscribe.com/promo/compareServers in 63 countries and 110 cities

/humblebrag

Been using a few years. I jumped in when they were starting up. Lifetime Pro account for 10 devices - cost: one-time fee of $70.
Thanks for the reply.  I will check it out. 

 
Is this a paid service b/c if so, you might want to look into another tv service as you shouldn't be receiving that message?

 
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Express VPN - Works well with Amazon Fire TV devices.  Fast.

Nord VPN - Does not support Amazon Fire TV devices.  Sometimes causes DNS issues.

 
Does anyone recommend a good VPN service that will work well with Apple TV? Got the mlb.tv package and want to watch the blackout games locally.

Thanks!!

 
I'm concerned with putting a VPN on my whole home network as my work computer has an automagical VPN that connects every time.  Will a VPN on top of a VPN work?

 
I'm concerned with putting a VPN on my whole home network as my work computer has an automagical VPN that connects every time.  Will a VPN on top of a VPN work?
Realistically no, technically yes, your work VPN would recognize that it's going onto a VPN and not allow the connection but a VPN on VPN would just be forwarding a forward.

instead you would use VPN on the device itself and most VPN services will give you multiple device access for their standard single fee. your work VPN is on your laptop. putting a different VPN on another device, like a firestick or AppleTV or even on your phone, is a separate connection.

 
I'm concerned with putting a VPN on my whole home network as my work computer has an automagical VPN that connects every time.  Will a VPN on top of a VPN work?
It may vary depending on VPNs, but I have to turn off my network VPN in order to connect to my work VPN. I also have VPN software installed on some individual devices so that I can use them while the network VPN is down. 

 
Just switched over from IPVanish to Nord. Really like Nord a lot better since their throughput speeds are way better than IPVanish and the cost is cheaper too. Also don’t have nearly the amount of drops I had with IPVanish fwiw.

 
I'm concerned with putting a VPN on my whole home network as my work computer has an automagical VPN that connects every time.  Will a VPN on top of a VPN work?
It depends how it's used.

Yes it will work no doubt it's just encrypted twice.

For work, you're probably connecting to a server or firewall device that allows or disallows access so if the second VPN is hiding your identity, you'll probably be blocked unrecognizable. 

 
Any suggestions for fast VPNs?

I’ve used Avast and another before but I felt like they lagged.
Throughput speeds for me with Nord are noticeably faster than when I had IPVanish
I also use Nord and I don't see much of a difference latency wise between when I have it on and when I have it off. What I have noticed is some sites know Nord's IP ranges and won't allow login for services from those IPs - I have to turn the VPN off if I want to access them fully.
 
Any suggestions for fast VPNs?

I’ve used Avast and another before but I felt like they lagged.
Throughput speeds for me with Nord are noticeably faster than when I had IPVanish
I also use Nord and I don't see much of a difference latency wise between when I have it on and when I have it off. What I have noticed is some sites know Nord's IP ranges and won't allow login for services from those IPs - I have to turn the VPN off if I want to access them fully.
I do speed tests often and there are good and bad Nord servers.
 
Any suggestions for fast VPNs?

I’ve used Avast and another before but I felt like they lagged.
Throughput speeds for me with Nord are noticeably faster than when I had IPVanish
I also use Nord and I don't see much of a difference latency wise between when I have it on and when I have it off. What I have noticed is some sites know Nord's IP ranges and won't allow login for services from those IPs - I have to turn the VPN off if I want to access them fully.
I do speed tests often and there are good and bad Nord servers.
Interesting - do you remember which are which off the top of your head?
 
Express VPN - Works well with Amazon Fire TV devices. Fast.

I had a bad experience with ExpressVPN, and it seems I wasn't alone. We went overseas last year, and I subscribed to ExpressVPN for a month. When we got home, I cancelled -- or I thought I did.

ExpressVPN has a button that says, "Turn Off Automatic Renewal." I clicked that, and it asked if I was sure. I clicked it again. There's a third screen that says, "Turn off automatic renewal," and "Be sure to make a payment before (Month, Day, Year) to keep your subscription active." That's where most people (me included) assume renewal has been turned off. Nope! You have to click "Turn Off Automatic Renewal" a THIRD time in order to truly turn it off. Even though I scan our credit card charges every month, I somehow missed it, and ExpressVPN charged me for several months before I noticed it. There are numerous Reddit threads about the same thing happening to others. It's pretty shady.
 
Any suggestions for fast VPNs?

I’ve used Avast and another before but I felt like they lagged.
Throughput speeds for me with Nord are noticeably faster than when I had IPVanish
I also use Nord and I don't see much of a difference latency wise between when I have it on and when I have it off. What I have noticed is some sites know Nord's IP ranges and won't allow login for services from those IPs - I have to turn the VPN off if I want to access them fully.
I do speed tests often and there are good and bad Nord servers.
Interesting - do you remember which are which off the top of your head?
It’s random within each region. There is a decent amount of fluctuation mostly on download speeds. I keep changing them until I find a satisfactory server via speed test
 
I am currently using Nord on my router. It's finicky but it works. Until a few months ago, I was using Express on the router; also finicky. As of a few months ago, Nord was significantly faster on the router. Express had some real speed issues for me for about a month and I ended up switching back to Nord.
 

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