How to Watch Netflix from Any Country
How to
watch Netflix from any country
Netflix might just be one of the most significant cross-cultural experiences in the modern world.
From Spain to America to India to the UAE, people everywhere understand the feeling of settling down in front of the computer or television to unwind with some binge-worthy Netflix selections after a long day.
Another thing they all understand, however, is the pain and frustration of geo-blocking.
Yes, Netflix’s great selections aren’t uniform from country to country – in fact, even some Netflix Originals don’t get to go worldwide.
Restricting content by region isn’t exclusive to Netflix. You might’ve faced the same problem on YouTube or Soundcloud. It has to do with distribution rights and copyright laws, as you might’ve guessed, so it’s not like it’s a glitch with your Netflix.
Luckily, however, there’s a surefire way around it: the use of a Virtual Private Network (or as it’s more commonly known, a VPN).
A VPN can help you access your favourite shows anywhere, whether you’re logging in to your Netflix account on holiday in another country, not seeing the show you want in your local Netflix or have recently had the show you were binging removed from your country.
How does a VPN work?
Since a VPN essentially masks your IP address and presents you as being virtually anonymous from a “location” of your choice, you can see how it’d open a wide range of possibilities on Netflix.
Your IP (Internet Protocol) address is like your digital name and address. It’s what websites and Internet services use to identify you when sending or receiving data to and from your device, and it’s also what’s used to determine your physical location.
With your IP address now changeable at your behest (through a VPN), you’re free to digitally explore the land, switching from your country to let’s say, Canada.
Every VPN, however, has its own speciality. Some offer more premium features to suit your requirements, some are better for torrenting, and some are cheaper than others but also worse.
It’s important to see what VPN meets your specific requirements. One of the ways to do this easily and comprehensively is reading online reviews or top lists where you can find a dedicated list for VPNs suitable for Netflix platform.
Why use a VPN for Netflix?
In addition to letting you access any of the 200 different versions of Netflix from anywhere else, a VPN also adds a layer of security to your account to make it less penetrable than your currently unsecured network.
This means you can safely log in to your account on public networks without worrying about being snooped on or having your passwords stolen.
Your ISP (Internet Service Provider), additionally, keeps tabs on your online browsing activity. In theory, even if not always in practice, an ISP can easily see everything you visit and do on the Internet. A good VPN, as you might have guessed, thwarts this.
It’s also important that your VPN itself doesn’t log your data either. This would be an ironic twist that would render your efforts useless.
Some of the best VPNs don’t even track the data at all or encrypt it in such a way that it’s unusable by anyone. Ideally, your VPN should delete the data after you disconnect.
Using a VPN for Netflix thus makes your privacy robust, your anonymity strengthened and makes you virtually limitless and unbound by regional restrictions.
The best VPNs for Netflix
VPNs work on the strength of their servers and should offer a wide range of fast servers that stay connectable. When you connect to a VPN, you essentially connect to the servers they own in different countries and places, thus presenting you as being from that location instead of your actual location.
Therefore, Astrill VPN was mentioned earlier. With servers in over 60 countries (with a total of around 330 servers), you’ll never run out of options and will easily find something you can rely on.
Being based in Seychelles, they aren’t privy to data retention laws and won’t “rat you out” to Netflix. This is an important point to note, as Netflix has been cracking down on VPNs for years. It’s important that your VPN is on your side and dedicated to unblocking Netflix specifically.
There are other, less-expensive alternates to Astrill as well: however, without naming names, we can’t in good conscience recommend them for their sketchy business practices or the relative difficulty of setting them up. Cost isn’t just financial, as you’d know.
However, to conclude, let us go through what you should have in your VPN for Netflix.
Conclusion and comparison
When it comes to Netflix, the first thing you want from your VPN is the ability to connect to different servers and allow you to access the US, Japanese, or French Netflix – whatever your heart desires.
The second, most important thing, is the speeds on those VPNs. Sites such as vpnpro.com run speed tests on the VPNs reviewed and you can use these to make your decision.
For almost all sites other than Netflix, the best VPN would be one that’s uniform across the board. However, since Netflix pays special attention to VPN usage and offers different levels of quality for streaming, your VPN should also pay specific attention to unblocking Netflix.
Dec 17 2019
Netflix might just be one of the most significant cross-cultural experiences in the modern world.
From Spain to America to India to the UAE, people everywhere understand the feeling of settling down in front of the computer or television to unwind with some binge-worthy Netflix selections after a long day.
Another thing they all understand, however, is the pain and frustration of geo-blocking.
Yes, Netflix’s great selections aren’t uniform from country to country – in fact, even some Netflix Originals don’t get to go worldwide.
Restricting content by region isn’t exclusive to Netflix. You might’ve faced the same problem on YouTube or Soundcloud. It has to do with distribution rights and copyright laws, as you might’ve guessed, so it’s not like it’s a glitch with your Netflix.
Luckily, however, there’s a surefire way around it: the use of a Virtual Private Network (or as it’s more commonly known, a VPN).
A VPN can help you access your favourite shows anywhere, whether you’re logging in to your Netflix account on holiday in another country, not seeing the show you want in your local Netflix or have recently had the show you were binging removed from your country.
How does a VPN work?
Since a VPN essentially masks your IP address and presents you as being virtually anonymous from a “location” of your choice, you can see how it’d open a wide range of possibilities on Netflix.
Your IP (Internet Protocol) address is like your digital name and address. It’s what websites and Internet services use to identify you when sending or receiving data to and from your device, and it’s also what’s used to determine your physical location.
With your IP address now changeable at your behest (through a VPN), you’re free to digitally explore the land, switching from your country to let’s say, Canada.
Every VPN, however, has its own speciality. Some offer more premium features to suit your requirements, some are better for torrenting, and some are cheaper than others but also worse.
It’s important to see what VPN meets your specific requirements. One of the ways to do this easily and comprehensively is reading online reviews or top lists where you can find a dedicated list for VPNs suitable for Netflix platform.
Why use a VPN for Netflix?
In addition to letting you access any of the 200 different versions of Netflix from anywhere else, a VPN also adds a layer of security to your account to make it less penetrable than your currently unsecured network.
This means you can safely log in to your account on public networks without worrying about being snooped on or having your passwords stolen.
Your ISP (Internet Service Provider), additionally, keeps tabs on your online browsing activity. In theory, even if not always in practice, an ISP can easily see everything you visit and do on the Internet. A good VPN, as you might have guessed, thwarts this.
It’s also important that your VPN itself doesn’t log your data either. This would be an ironic twist that would render your efforts useless.
Some of the best VPNs don’t even track the data at all or encrypt it in such a way that it’s unusable by anyone. Ideally, your VPN should delete the data after you disconnect.
Using a VPN for Netflix thus makes your privacy robust, your anonymity strengthened and makes you virtually limitless and unbound by regional restrictions.
The best VPNs for Netflix
VPNs work on the strength of their servers and should offer a wide range of fast servers that stay connectable. When you connect to a VPN, you essentially connect to the servers they own in different countries and places, thus presenting you as being from that location instead of your actual location.
Therefore, Astrill VPN was mentioned earlier. With servers in over 60 countries (with a total of around 330 servers), you’ll never run out of options and will easily find something you can rely on.
Being based in Seychelles, they aren’t privy to data retention laws and won’t “rat you out” to Netflix. This is an important point to note, as Netflix has been cracking down on VPNs for years. It’s important that your VPN is on your side and dedicated to unblocking Netflix specifically.
There are other, less-expensive alternates to Astrill as well: however, without naming names, we can’t in good conscience recommend them for their sketchy business practices or the relative difficulty of setting them up. Cost isn’t just financial, as you’d know.
However, to conclude, let us go through what you should have in your VPN for Netflix.
Conclusion and comparison
When it comes to Netflix, the first thing you want from your VPN is the ability to connect to different servers and allow you to access the US, Japanese, or French Netflix – whatever your heart desires.
The second, most important thing, is the speeds on those VPNs. Sites such as vpnpro.com run speed tests on the VPNs reviewed and you can use these to make your decision.
For almost all sites other than Netflix, the best VPN would be one that’s uniform across the board. However, since Netflix pays special attention to VPN usage and offers different levels of quality for streaming, your VPN should also pay specific attention to unblocking Netflix.
Steven Gullotta
info@brutalresonance.comI've been writing for Brutal Resonance since November of 2012 and now serve as the editor-in-chief. I love the dark electronic underground and usually have too much to listen to at once but I love it. I am also an editor at Aggressive Deprivation, a digital/physical magazine since March of 2016. I support the scene as much as I can from my humble laptop.
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