New Zealand ISP Offers "Global Mode" So Users Can Circumvent Geo-Restrictions 126
An anonymous reader writes "Many content sites restrict access from different markets or have variable pricing for downloads in different markets. New Zealand-based ISP Slingshot is now offering a 'global mode' that lets customers hide their location. This means they can access overseas online services that would normally be restricted to specific markets."
Hum interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Seems like (N/U)SA needs to go there and free the shit out of them from that regime whatever they have. Do they also have oil?
More importantly (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Hum interesting (Score:5, Funny)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_and_gas_industry_in_New_Zealand [wikipedia.org] says they do have oil.
Re:And that's the way it should be done (Score:5, Funny)
... and the USA is the land of the free.
Re:What is global mode? (Score:5, Funny)
Is it some proxy? Is it a weirdly labeled block of IPv4 addresses? Is it some DNS level trickery?
Yes, it is a proxy. It's got a rather odd name, you might have heard of it before.
They call it "PRISM".
Re:Hum interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Well then let's invade and catch this Osama Bin Sauron guy.
Re:Hum interesting (Score:4, Funny)
It's not like Iraq, where you can just invade one country to catch a guy in different country which doesn't even share a border.
Osama Bin Sauron is actually in NZ, so they should probably invade Indonesia or Papua New Guinea, whichever has most fuel.