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BBC Blocks iPlayer Access Using a VPN

VPN is no longer the way to access BBC iplayer. It blocks it. IPs used by companies providing such services are being blocked by BBC. ◘1 Blocks on iPlayer we Access at Using am VPN bbc it blocks news ◘1 The BBC restricts program market. Virtual private networks have always been a way to jump fences set up by greedy programming license holders. The BBC is now protecting this sector. It has found a way to close VPN tunnels to overseas users who want to access the iPlayer.         ◙2 bbc or Blocks in iPlayer he Access to Using or VPN ◙2 It is even acting as if  we  and  it  do not know what it is doing. The message "This content doesn't seem to working. Try again" is playing us for fools.  We  know what is going on and  it  does as well. An act such as this will obviously put many VPNs out of business. So many people in the world like to watch British programs.   ⦿3 iplayer up access blocks ⦿3 It seems the way...

English Culture or Australian?

 Working Class Englishman. Oh hum. An Australian travelled the streets of London and asked people what they thought Australians were really like. It was amazing how many English people had visited the big dusty land. They all, of course, told bad stories about their trips. This is the thing you do when you get back home apparently. There is this mistaken belief that all ex-pat Australians live in Earl's Court. They used to, but not anymore. They think we all work in bars - even in Australia. The interviewees kept looking around for a backpack, which I didn't have. English people are obsessed about the Australian accent saying it is funny, even though it is more London than London. After all that is where most of the convicts came from. Furthermore, the English have some of the strangest accents in the world. They think that Kylie Minogue is the sole representative of Australia. All their beliefs are based on her. This is despite the fact that Kylie h...