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New Zealand ISP Offers "Global Mode" So Users Can Circumvent Geo-Restrictions

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-price-for-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Many content sites restrict access from different markets or have variable pricing for downloads in different markets. New Zealand-based ISP Slingshot is now offering a 'global mode' that lets customers hide their location. This means they can access overseas online services that would normally be restricted to specific markets."

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  1. Hum interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems like (N/U)SA needs to go there and free the shit out of them from that regime whatever they have. Do they also have oil?

    1. Re:Hum interesting by jonwil · · Score: 4, Funny

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_and_gas_industry_in_New_Zealand says they do have oil.

    2. Re:Hum interesting by Arancaytar · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well then let's invade and catch this Osama Bin Sauron guy.

    3. Re:Hum interesting by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's not like Iraq, where you can just invade one country to catch a guy in different country which doesn't even share a border.
      Osama Bin Sauron is actually in NZ, so they should probably invade Indonesia or Papua New Guinea, whichever has most fuel.

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  2. More importantly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    this comment is not available in your country

  3. Re:And that's the way it should be done by Zemran · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and the USA is the land of the free.

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  4. Re:What is global mode? by geekmux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it some proxy? Is it a weirdly labeled block of IPv4 addresses? Is it some DNS level trickery?

    Yes, it is a proxy. It's got a rather odd name, you might have heard of it before.

    They call it "PRISM".