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How to Look at a restricted foreign website

by Vidar
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I'm living in Britain
I have a BT Broadband wireless internet connection, connected via my BT phone line and a router.

Sometimes I need to look at some websites in for example USA that are restricted for American users. I'm an affiliate marketer, marketing products for Americans in US. Because these products are for Americans in the US only, I know that my IP address is checked nto see if I'm allowed to watch the American only URL.

I searched on the internet to see how I could modify this and found that I could modify my Firefox networks settings from a 'No Proxy' to a defined proxy with an IP address and port #.

After I made this modification I couldn't see anything on internet anymore and got this message all the time:

The online users' count exceeds the license's permission. You need to purchase or upgrade your license.

So I called the BT Broadband helpdesk, but they said they were my ISP only, not my Network provider, and they couldn't help me.

Anybody understand what my problem is?

* Is the IP address or port I gave in faulty?
* Are there any providers to solve this problem?
* I know from others on the internet that using Proxies is a normal way to make your IP address anonymous, so you can watch restricted websites overseas. Anybody knows how to fix this?
* Do you need to pay any upgrades to your ISP to get this? The support people I talked to didn't know about this.

Thank you for your help.

vidareve
  • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
    Just use a different proxy. Quick and dirty without changing settings, google UltraSurf or HotSpot Sheild. Also try Astrill. Download the software, install and toggle it on or off as needed. No goofing with settings, perfect for non techs.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
    I've never heard of an isp that blocks out websites in other countries. That would cause a pretty big stink here.

    Proxie sites should get you around
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    • Profile picture of the author Thomas
      Originally Posted by Michael Motley View Post

      I've never heard of an isp that blocks out websites in other countries. That would cause a pretty big stink here.
      He means American websites are blocking non-Americans.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Only ********ONE********* IP works for a given device, except in some cases where ALL agree. Since you OBVIOUSLY haven't gotten agreement from your ISP, the ONE that worked was the one you had! WHAT, you thought the whole world would stop and all routers that were allowed to use that device would somehow direct themselves to your computer?

    Your ISP knows that your NETWORK doesn't agree with theirs, and THAT is why they are saying you should deal with your network. The two HAVE to agree, or it won't work. THEY must select IPs from a pool they are ASSIGNED! If they don't, the IP won't work. If they set it up at the beginning of their network, they can be cutoff by THEIR provider.

    Outside of getting agreement from your ISP(Which is illegal unless they are allocated the IP and then it may be registered to your country, defeating your goal), your only option is a proxy. BTW the proxy would need to have access to an unaffected IP! Proxies aren't magic. Basically, you tell them what to do, they do it, and send you the result. So the OTHER server sees the PROXY'S address, and not yours.

    Michael Motley,

    I think Vidar is saying that the COMPANY is blocking the IP. If you only want to deal with Americans, there is no reason to really let others in. I bet either they are overly cautious, or are blocking certain IPs or certain countries. Of course, some countries block access to places like the US.

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    • Profile picture of the author Vidar
      What I'm saying is that when you live "overseas", meaning outside US, like Canada or UK, you cannot access US restricted websites without usinga proxy.

      Many sites in US are restricted, example lots of product sites that sells products only to the American population. 'Why should they be open to everybody?' you might ask. They need to be open to people who is selling that product in the US, but that salesperson might live in China. So if he wants to examine the salespage (the affiliate salepage) he needs access to the US website, and he can't do that without a proxy, or by covering up his original TCP/IP address. That's how internet works as far as I know.

      Anyway, I tried a couple of the suggested proxies, and at least one of them seems to work.
      Thank you for that info.
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  • Profile picture of the author scattermouse
    Vidar, I've had the same problem trying to look at US only sites from the UK.

    Proxies are annoying and slow at the best of times, unless you want to pay for them.

    Have you tried the "modify headers" trick?

    1. Get Firefox, if you're not already using it.
    2. Download & Install "Modify-Headers" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967
    3. Go to Tools -> Modify Headers
    4. At the top select "Add" from the drop down list. Type in X-Forwarded-For in the field to the right of the drop down list and 12.13.14.15 in the other one. Leave the third field blank.
    6. Save your filter.
    7. Enable it, and change your configuration to "always on" if it isn't already.

    Works like a dream for most sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author vivekg
    Have you tried using a proxy software. I used to use Proxyway but that was some time ago.
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