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I'm an America who lives in the UK and I have yet to use any sort of cable/sat provider since moving here. Setup: Acer Aspire Revo - http://www.ebuyer.com/prod
by TheFro 16y ago
I'm an America who lives in the UK and I have yet to use any sort of cable/sat provider since moving here.
Setup:
Acer Aspire Revo - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/225756 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/225756 £300
+ Loaded with Boxee
+ Proxied to an old laptop at my parents house in the US
Services I use:
1. NFL overseas Gamepass package (~$250 for whole season) - every game in full HD (yes literally just as good as watching it on cable HDTV...NO JOKE)
2. Hulu (via proxy)
3. Netflix (via proxy)
4. BBC (awesome programming) -> BBC iPlayer
- yardie 16y agoMay I ask what ISP and speed your parents have? I'm also abroad and while I could set a proxy up their house I'm worried that it would use up all the upload bandwidth. They are on DSL 800kbit/7Mbit up/down
- TheFro 16y agoThey're in a suburban area on comcast cable. I think they consistently get like 8Mbit down (not sure of up). Seeing as I am 6hrs ahead of them I'm not really concerned about bandwidth stealing of theirs ;)
- alexyoung 16y agoI love the idea of an overseas subscription. It seems like living in another country makes it depressingly difficult to buy content from your home region (DVD regions, game regions, iTunes/Amazon/etc. are regionalised as well).