If you’re on a slower connection, it would be best to just wait a while for the video to load before watching it. Streaming music on Pandora was not affected whatsoever by the connection, and didn’t stall once.Īn attempt to watch a video on Hulu and BBC Channel 4, while they both worked, weren’t as successful but I’d guess that really is down to not being on an incredibly fast Internet connection. The app also displays how much bandwidth you have remaining.Īnd as far as VPN experiences go, TunnelBear is really good, and well worth upgrading to the paid version. Once you’ve launched the app, you can choose to set your location to the UK or the US, and you can turn the connection on and off. The free TunnelBear plan gets you 500MB of data, while for $4.99 a month, you can get unlimited access. Tweeting, “I want 1 GB of free data” to the Tunnel Bear twitter account will get you exactly that. You’ll want to do this if you plan on using TunnelBear as a free service. When signing up for an account, you have the option of including your Twitter username.

The entire process won’t take more than 10 minutes. The app has no complicated settings, simply install, sign up for a free account, and TunnelBear will automatically create the network settings for you.

TunnelBear gives you access to any sites that are geo-restricted, and it does it pretty much flawlessly. Not with much success anyway, until now.Įnter TunnelBear, one of the easiest VPN programs I’ve ever used. And Spotify isn’t the only service I wish I could use but can’t because I’m in one of the many countries that have been left out in the cold. Last week, as everyone in the US got excited about finally gaining access to Spotify, I sat there and watched, doing my best to ignore it.

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