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Originally Posted by Sirban [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Word on the street you can get a VPN service, but im not sure how those work either.

A VPN service would be guaranteed to solve your problem.

Basically, a VPN service is an app you install on your machine, which directs all of your internet traffic to a proxy server. This proxy server then does all the communications with the outside world for you. So anyone you are connecting to, whether browsing a website or torrenting or Skype'ing, will see your IP as the IP of the proxy server you're connected to. In addition, with a VPN all of your communication with the proxy server is encrypted, so even your ISP has no idea what you're doing on the web. From their point of view, all they ever see is you communicating over with a single server. Of course, going through an encrypted proxy like this will reduce your net speeds, but a good VPN will give you 90%+ of your normal speed.

You'll want to choose the VPN service that suits your needs best, but one of the most popular is PrivateInternetAccess. They keep no log files (so they can't be forced to give away your browsing history), their servers are fast, and are relatively cheap ($40 a year). They also have servers in something like 20 countries, which is pretty cool when you want to dodge a location filter. Even services such as Netflix will have a different set of movies/shows available in different countries. Also, if you do online gaming, you can get improved latency by choosing a server near wherever the game's servers are located. When I was playing Aion, I connected to a proxy in Texas that dropped my 80ms latency to 30ms, which was a huge benefit due to how much that game relied on having good ping.

So anyway, if you can afford $40 a year, a VPN service is a pretty good idea.