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."
And that's the way it should be done (Score:5, Insightful)
Finally a good ISP service. (Score:5, Insightful)
Sound great. Wish my ISP had the same. All this 'free market' is bullshit when it's perverted with artificial region restrictions. Here's the REALITY of it straight out of my inbox:
Some times even if you can actually buy the product, you can't use it because there are further region checks down the line (e.g steam refusing out-of-region keys).
Re:PIRACY! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:What is global mode? (Score:1, Insightful)
Err , proxys hide the location YOU'RE coming from , they don't hide their OWN location you flipping idiot.. The parent made a valid point - what is special about the IP addresses they're going to use that makes them "global"? And I suspect soon enough other sites will soon recognise them and flag them as NZ regardless.
Re:won't help with audible (Score:5, Insightful)
If they won't sell it to you, pirate it. That's obviously what they want you to do.