After downloading the browser, enabling its inbuilt VPN is easy. A list of free to use VPNs is available from TechRadar here.Īnother free way to change your location is by using the Opera browser. We'd be wary of any free VPN that claims to provide unlimited services for free as they tend to be the most risky. Other VPNs may only offer a limited service that throttles the amount of data you can use and the speed you can use it at, rendering them useless for streaming live sports unless you pay for an upgrade. Nothing comes totally for free though and you should be aware that not paying for a VPN will have some drawbacks that may include being shown adverts or having your data and security compromised. There are both free and paid-for VPNs and which you choose is up to you. After you install a VPN, you are able to pick which country you would like to appear to be accessing the internet from and then continue browsing as normal. Most of the time it is recommended to use VPNs to protect yourself when using insecure public networks such as in a cafe but they can also be a workaround to access geoblocked content. Because it's connected to where you access the internet, your IP address can also be used to determine your location and it's this that a streaming service will use when geoblocking a broadcast.Ī VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a privacy tool that masks your IP address. Your IP address is a unique number that is linked to all your internet activity and, much like the Post Office needs a mailing address to deliver a package, a router needs an IP address to deliver to the web address requested.
We are absolutely not suggesting that people use this to watch World Champs in a market where it has been blocked.īefore we get into VPNs, we need to understand what an Internet Protocol (IP) address is. VPNs are legal in countries such as, off the top of my head, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or Italy, and they can be used for free, although paid options are also available and generally recommended for long term use.
Thankfully, there's a legal way around this licensing chicanery - a VPN. Unfortunately, this means that the energy-drink-backed online streaming service that you might normally watch the sport on has to geoblock its content so it doesn't break any licensing agreements, leaving viewers in certain countries potentially unable to watch the event live and probably with an inferior standard of commentary and analysis. From Wife carrying, to cheese rolling, to chess boxing, there are all sorts of sports that terrestrial broadcasters will snap up the exclusive broadcast rights for and put behind a paywall. Some people, who are definitely not us, may be struggling to watch sporting events in these COVID times.
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