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[Coyo <coyo AT darkdna.net>]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:27:53 +0000
Peter Green <peter AT greenpete.free> wrote:

> Viewing video over the T.O.R. network doesn't sound like a good
> idea...
> 
> V.P.N. or possibly a proxy would be the way.
> 
> Peter 
> 
> 
> subhuman <discipline AT gmx.net> wrote:
> >What you're describing is not a DNS-related problem, but one with
> >your actual IP. You may want to try Tor or VPN to circumvent it.
> >However, I'm quite sure that there will be other sources for the
> >show than NBC. If you don't insist on HD quality, that is. Possibly.
> >Give the net an hour or two, and you'll be able to find what you
> >missed. You should in this case, however, rely upon Tor.
> >
> >On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:48:15 -0600
> ><christopher.harris AT rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I've set up a laptop with a US DNS as the primary DNS, and a
> >> Quebec,
> >Canada
> >> based DNS as the secondary DNS.  I am located in Canada.
> >> 
> >> When I attempt to view a "Saturday Night Live" video on the NBC
> >website, I
> >> receive a reply that I am not permitted to do so, since I am not
> >located in
> >> the US.  I didn't expect this response, based on the US DNS
> >> setting.
> >> 
> >> Must I also change the DNS setting in my cable modem-router?  Or
> >> set
> >the
> >> secondary DNS as a US DNS as well?
> >> 
> >> Thanks, Christopher Harris
> >
> >
> >-- 
> >The only cure to the evils of Democracy is more Democracy.
> >http://amishrakefight.org/gfy/images/fword.mp3

I2P should be fast enough to stream video over it. However, if the
problem is with your IP-layer connectivity, neither I2P nor Tor will
fix that. With an IP-layer problem, your Tor client and I2P router will
not be able to connect to the rest of their respective networks. Tor
won't even bootstrap.