Comments on: How to get British TV Worldwide Part 2: Paying for it http://www.anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/brit-tv/how-to-get-british-tv-worldwide-part-2-paying-for-it/ The Website for People Who Love Britain - Anglophiles Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:01:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Hildyard-Todd http://www.anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/brit-tv/how-to-get-british-tv-worldwide-part-2-paying-for-it/#comment-3123 John Hildyard-Todd Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:17:02 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=136#comment-3123 Hello there Whilst trawling the net I discovered you blog, a bit of wry amusement as I am one of the 100,000s of Brits that have quit England to live a more stress free/crime free and laid back existence abroad (Southern France in my case).The Uk has emulated the US in so many ways including the degeneration of the way of life as I knew it into a pressured corporate norm, complete with millions of disaffecteds. But I digress. I too get TV abroad (as well as download "piratey stuff" via Britain's more tolerant downloading laws rather than those pertaining to France). I use a virtual private network directly back to a computer in England. I used to use my son's company server, but I now pay £5 a month (about $7?)to a company called My Private Network at www.my-private-network.co.uk. For this I have a lightning fast access to the UK and my computer is registered as being in the UK. I can watch IPlayer, MoreOn4 ITVcatchup Classic Gold English webradio etc in realtime, and download any BBC programmes to my hearts content. The only mitigating factor is the variability of my web speed at my end in the French countryside with what they laughingly call Broadband - ADSL that CAN -sometimes -run at 500K as long as its not raining, too windy, or any of various other meteorological events that seem to affect performance. Thought I'd let you know as I think it is a cheaper alternative to what you were suggesting and its 100 percent reliable and available anywhere in the world. Cheers John H-Todd Hello there
Whilst trawling the net I discovered you blog, a bit of wry amusement as I am one of the 100,000s of Brits that have quit England to live a more stress free/crime free and laid back existence abroad (Southern France in my case).The Uk has emulated the US in so many ways including the degeneration of the way of life as I knew it into a pressured corporate norm, complete with millions of disaffecteds.

But I digress. I too get TV abroad (as well as download “piratey stuff” via Britain’s more tolerant downloading laws rather than those pertaining to France).

I use a virtual private network directly back to a computer in England. I used to use my son’s company server, but I now pay £5 a month (about $7?)to a company called My Private Network at http://www.my-private-network.co.uk.

For this I have a lightning fast access to the UK and my computer is registered as being in the UK. I can watch IPlayer, MoreOn4 ITVcatchup Classic Gold English webradio etc in realtime, and download any BBC programmes to my hearts content.

The only mitigating factor is the variability of my web speed at my end in the French countryside with what they laughingly call Broadband – ADSL that CAN -sometimes -run at 500K as long as its not raining, too windy, or any of various other meteorological events that seem to affect performance.

Thought I’d let you know as I think it is a cheaper alternative to what you were suggesting and its 100 percent reliable and available anywhere in the world.

Cheers John H-Todd

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