Websites like Hulu and Pandora stop non-US-American visitors right at the doorstep telling them that the contents of the website are not available to them at all. Only US-Americans are allowed and able to view the contents, in the case of the mentioned sites movies and Internet radio.
Lob was pointing out in my article on accessing Hulu from outside the United States that there was another possibility to watch Hulu movies even if you would be living (currently or permanently) outside of the United States. His suggestion was to download and install a software called Hotspot Shield which is a free VPN solution located in the United States.
Download and installation worked fine and I did not have to configure anything by myself to get the VPN service up and running. A quick test at Hulustuff (I do not have an invite yet for Hulu, if anyone has one left feel free to pass it on to me, that would be really nice) revealed that most videos were working while some told me this: “Sorry, this video is currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
This did not seem to be a problem with the VPN but a internal problem., maybe the video was not available anymore at all or Hulu had difficulties streaming the content.
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wow, a program that finally works. awesome find Martin!
This doesn’t work when trying to access to the NBC site in america to watch Heroes or any of the other stuff streamed/downloaded from there.
freetv, I just watched an episode of the office on the NBC website. You may need further help configuring the program.
@D3
How did you configure the program because I can watch hulu and listen to pandora when I’m using the program but I can’t watch NBC episodes :(
Please help :)
Freetv, actually the program was practically plug and play. I installed it and I was off to the races. you may have to contact their technical help. sorry i couldnt have been more assistance.
D3, have tried again but still no joy. Installed and running ok but just not showing the shows. Think I will have to do a bit more investigation as to why its not working. Cheers
freetv, it sounds to me that you’re using Firefox for a browser. For some reason, lately Firefox is having a hard time with various flash streaming websites. I suggest trying Internet Explorer instead, or another free browser.
I used the program with FF, but logically switching browsers would be the next step.
Change your time zone to a US one such as Arizona. You’ll find then that abc.com and fox.com work. nbc and cbs also, but they’re a little slow/choppy. (You still also need Hotspot Shield running.) Also, there’s some CBS content on Joost.
Hulu puts up the 5 most current episodes of a tv show. Every time they add a new episode they remove the oldest. I’ve removed the non-working shows from the blog, and added new episodes of family guy and american dad. Any requests?
This is good for a while, until you realise the bandiwth is limited, which pisses you off.
Any ways to get round this?
If Hotspot Shield won’t connect, saying you’ve exceeded bandwith. – Go to Control Panel, Network Connections. Right click on the connection and select ‘Disable.’ Connect using Hotspot Shield. As Hotspot Shield is trying to connect, Right click on the Connection (Network Connections) and select ‘Enable.’
This does currently work…though by advertising this little trick, perhaps not for too much longer : (
Is it possible to remove this hotspot bar in firefox that always reopens whenever you click on a new page?
Kinda takes up a lot of room on my screen
A walk through guide for setting up HotSpotShield for Hulu is available at http://www.espen.tv/myblog/viewing-hulu.com-from-other-countries.html
I’d think twice before using Hotspot Shield for anything other than viewing streaming tv.
I use www.globalpandora.com as there is no setup required.
Saludos,
Juan
i tried to use hotshield but i get an access denied site everytime i try to run it.
i am in the university connecting trough a VPN client with my uni account. is it impossible to use it since i have to connect with the uni proxys?
i will try at home also. but my dorm account recognizes me though my IP other wise it wont let me connect. should i give it up to watch tv shows on the original sites?
thanks guys for help!
hi pls tell me hoow i sett the hotspot its failing any one can help me? im using opera
tell me if you find a forum about the hotspot i cant get it to work since my server wont accept another ip so i cant get to the internet when i run it. only the hotspot site still works
The Globalpandora.com website isn’t working.
It just gives the standard message saying their technicians are working on the problem.
My hotspot shield isn’t working, does anybody know why?
OKAY…. we realize that you can use hotspot shield to do this. My problem is that it won’t ever connect. What is the problem? Is it because i’m behind a proxy? Are there any alternatives to hotspot shield?
I’m not behind a proxy, but whenever I hit run Hotspot Shield, the website (the numbners, etc.) won’t load!
Please help =)
lob why still can not connected is showing exceeded bandwith. please help me
amagaad!! The trick with disabling net work connections, then enabling while hotspotshield is trying to connect actually WORKED!!
Sweet! forgot to turn off Hotspot when i downloaded something, so my bandwidth got royally screwed. Great tip!! so happy!
Just in case anyone wants to know:
Hulu or OpenHulu Videos never ran smoothly, so I found a way to download them.
Program is called Replay Media Catcher and you do not need to watch it, just watch the beginning and it will dl it automatically
ok that disabling trick doesn’t work anymore.. are there any other programs like this.. as I am trying to play an online game~ and need a American ip
ya man… it doesn’t work any more.. it was the only way to acess Orkut in UAE. i am missing all of my friends now… Dubai really sucks… no money.. no life.. and now this also…. sucks man..!
is there any option to overcome this band width exceeded issue……..?
why i can’t connect my hotspot,
daemon start can’t connect?
is this happen to you, too ?
guys please help…can someone give me a walkthrough on how to use HotSpot for online games?DETAILED thats what i need…first hotspot shield doesn’t connect,it just says autenthificating…pulling options blabla then it connects and in a split second it disconnects…and sometimes i get the message “Daemon start error” or something…so can someone help please?and if im behind a proxy can someone explain me wth is that???and how can i disable it or…whatever