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weebray
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VPN
We have been using Strong VPN which does work well but they have increased their yearly fee and cut out phone service to tech. What are you using and
how do you like it???? It's time for us to renew.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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mrfatboy
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I use Torguard. $30/year with promo code. I used "TGLifetime50" as the promo code.
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Tod
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Private Internet Access...PIA, been very happy with them. No problems. I think close to $38 per year.
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karenintx
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We used Strong VPN for a couple of years until they changed their customer service and only allowing "one" device at a time.
My hubby...aka "my IT person" switched to Pure VPN. It allows up to five devices.
https://www.purevpn.com/features.php
Recommended by PC Magazine...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2427041,00.asp
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8knots
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Been using Panda Pow for the last two years and no problem fooling Netflix.
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john68
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Panda Pow sounds interesting.
Do you use the Panda Pow VPN router or just the VPN?
Thanks.
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8knots
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Just the VPN.
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shari
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I am going to stick this in here just for your info.....
Many people dont know this but if you want to call someone who is a facebook friend of yours, there is a phone receiver icon on the private message
window and if you click it you can call them like on a phone and the reception is way better than magic jack even in our area of crappy slow
internet....oh yeah...and it's free!
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willardguy
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Quote: Originally posted by shari  |
I am going to stick this in here just for your info.....
Many people dont know this but if you want to call someone who is a facebook friend of yours, there is a phone receiver icon on the private message
window and if you click it you can call them like on a phone and the reception is way better than magic jack even in our area of crappy slow
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now there's a great tip. gracias shari! 
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by shari |
I am going to stick this in here just for your info.....
Many people dont know this but if you want to call someone who is a facebook friend of yours, there is a phone receiver icon on the private message
window and if you click it you can call them like on a phone and the reception is way better than magic jack even in our area of crappy slow
internet....oh yeah...and it's free! |
Weebray mentions an annual fee? Is that VPN not the same as Facebook's?
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Bob and Susan
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by shari |
I am going to stick this in here just for your info.....
Many people dont know this but if you want to call someone who is a facebook friend of yours, there is a phone receiver icon on the private message
window and if you click it you can call them like on a phone and the reception is way better than magic jack even in our area of crappy slow
internet....oh yeah...and it's free! |
Weebray mentions an annual fee? Is that VPN not the same as Facebook's? |
VOIP is internet phone calling...
VPN cloaks your IP address so you can use Netflix and things like that outside of the country...
it is also for people with different names on baja nomad
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David K
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So, is that a yes or no?
Thank you amigo.
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Bob and Susan
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apples and oranges
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David K
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Facebook and Twitter?
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Lengua
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We use the VPN Strong router and you can use as many devices as you want . Its well worth the money
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: Originally posted by Bob and Susan |
VPN cloaks your IP address so you can use Netflix and things like that outside of the country...
it is also for people with different names on baja nomad
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I believe that VPN IPs are generally easy to identify with a reverse lookup. Same with automated machine registrations, and proxy IP addresses. One
might be able to hide/cloak their actual info, but not the fact they are using such a service/system/etc. to conceal such.
[Edited on 6-29-2017 by BajaNomad]
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
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https://www.regionalinternet.com
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fishbuck
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What is the latest in regards to VPN.
Is this a "wireless" system or does it need a landline phone number.
I think I know a little about this.
Seems my camp is too close to the antennas on the volcano. The signal goes too far over us.
It causes "streaming" to "buffer" when downloading.
Does that make any sense.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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bkbend
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I use windscribe vpn, it's a Canadian company so at least I have the illusion that US snoops will have a harder time digging into my illegal activity.
 I think it was around that $30/yr range on sale (frequently offered) and it
includes a phone app version. They have a free version you can try. I don't know about phone tech support, but I did get a prompt reply to an email
question. It also works on a satellite internet connection. When I was still working we had an in-house VPN to connect to work servers and it didn't
like the latency with satellites.
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pauldavidmena
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by shari |
I am going to stick this in here just for your info.....
Many people dont know this but if you want to call someone who is a facebook friend of yours, there is a phone receiver icon on the private message
window and if you click it you can call them like on a phone and the reception is way better than magic jack even in our area of crappy slow
internet....oh yeah...and it's free! |
Weebray mentions an annual fee? Is that VPN not the same as Facebook's? |
David - you don't need a VPN to use Facebook Messenger's "phone" capability. Any 2 people with Facebook Messenger can communicate in this way.
You probably already know this, but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) enables a person to "tunnel in" to a different set of IP addresses. It's used
primarily to enable remote users to access a corporate network (so that you appear to be "in the office") but can also enable users in one country to
access networks in another (so that expats in Mexico can appear to be in the U.S.).
Hope this helps.
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BajaBlanca
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All of this is like another language to me. I have a headache just reading it!
Thank goodness for youngsters in this world.
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