VPN that actually works with IPTV

peterrsa123 · 2025-03-06T00:33:42.512Z

I have both Surfshark and Private Internet Access. My streaming and IPTV works fine with either.

I don’t know how to describe this problem - “strength of masking the location?” - but PIA is much better than SS in “pretending” I am in another location. For example, with SS I may be denied access to a TV show in the UK, but with PIA I get access.

Throttlejockey · 2025-03-06T01:17:51.224Z

Proton the best one out there. Express also excellent.

AndroidMan · 2025-03-06T02:37:40.030Z

Thank you everyone looks like proton is a way to go.

richlibel65 · 2025-03-06T03:46:57.367Z

I hear ya, I brought this up last week. I’m so fed up with Surf Shark! I have reverted to NORD which I picked up back when IP Vanish was the recommended “#1” VPN and was bad as Surf Shark is now. I have not had a problem since switching to NORD.

Gumboil · 2025-03-06T04:43:43.582Z

Surfshark works flawlessly for me …… except when trying to circumvent geoblocking when accessing most UK tv channels through their apps from the US. BBC will work for a while but then report an error when I have to select a different server to continue. I usually have to try a couple of servers to get ITVX and Channel 5 to work at all, and I have not been able to get Channel 4 on any server for some while. I had the same issues in the past woth both Expressvpn and Nordvpn, including with their obfustcated servers.
If any Proton users, or users of any other vpn, can report success with these apps I would be very grateful.

MikeN · 2025-03-06T06:57:20.139Z

Have you used the surfshark settings to get the best connection for you?

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tallsamoan · 2025-03-06T21:35:51.456Z

I have tried a few VPN’s, but all throttled my bandwidth almost to a halt. Express VPN has been the exception, besides the slightly higher $$. I need to change the server location every now and then, though.

Comtech · 2025-03-06T22:11:37.263Z

Again…i would like to know if anyone has suffered any consequence while streaming iptv with no vpn connected? i mean did you get a letter or something…is it diff than streaming hulu or netflix or disney? i don’t get having your speed cut in half for no reason? i do understand if your torrenting(wich i do often) but other than that? what’s the benefit?

Miki · 2025-03-06T22:28:17.872Z

Simply put. Security, and with my VPN I do not have any negative impact on my speeds. My system, my choices, none of which do I need to justify. Freedom of choice.

Comtech · 2025-03-06T22:34:49.974Z

in the USA you have no security now…@miki…the gov’t has access to all of your data
i don’t get the security part?
freedom of choice is no longer an option?

Miki · 2025-03-06T22:38:09.371Z

Freedom is always a choice and that’s why you don’t have to use a VPN if you don’t choose to and why I use one because I know they work and keep me secure. I am not in the USA.

Comtech · 2025-03-06T22:41:03.329Z

you’re lucky you don’t live in this country right now…freedom of choice is actively being attacked right now…no politics…don’t want to go there…some random guy has access to all our private info…i’ll leave it at that

MarkxG · 2025-03-06T23:04:28.914Z

The only problem I had was back in 2016 or 2017 when I first got into this hobby. When I was very new to KODI I found out I could download movies and after I downloaded a few I received the email from Spectrum saying I downloaded shows/movies from my IP address. Never any problem streaming and I don’t use a VPN. Even if I download shows/movies now I don’t get any type of warning from AT&T Fiber who is my current ISP. Maybe because I have Real Debrid?

Andrew · 2025-03-06T23:47:16.535Z

If you are running a VPN on your streaming devices instead of on a router i myself have always noticed a much larger drop in speed on any device i used unless it has a decent processor or at least 4GB of RAM to be able to run the VPN and other apps at same time without bogging down speeds. With my VPN (Proton)on my T95Z+ streaming box with 4GB RAM or my 3rd gen Fire Cube (only 2GB RAM but decent processor) i show no drop in speed on either device, but with my Onn 4K box (not Pro) and my 3rd gen Firestick both not having over 2GB RAM or decent processor i definitely have speed drop and noticably slower when opening apps and such being bogged down trying to run my VPN app, a monitor/safety dot app, & then a streaming app all @ same time. Running VPN on router is definitely way to go for better speed, but if your router doesn’t support VPN like mine doesn’t then a streaming device that can handle the load i found to be my next best option.

Comtech · 2025-03-07T01:22:17.307Z

uhhh…so after reading that post? i still don’t understand the benefit of running a vpn"to keep you safe? " you lost me about halfway thru bro…but i’m sure there’s a msg in there to someone? somewhere? i think?

Andrew · 2025-03-07T01:44:56.171Z

Lol i was just replying to tallsamoan, but my reason for using a VPN while streaming is i have no idea if my ISP is one that cares what im streaming or not and i dont want to take the chance of them sending me a letter of warning about the legality of what i stream. Might be that it would never happen if i didnt use a VPN but i rather not chance it and since i usually get same speeds or better while my VPN is on then in my case i see no reason not to use it, but to each their own. Also sounds crazy but on the odd occasion i have tried an IPTV srvc or two before and for whatever reason they wouldn’t connect unless i had my VPN connected it made no sense to me but im not very tech understanding sometimes.

MarkxG · 2025-03-07T03:04:49.833Z

If you are in the US you will never get a letter from streaming without using a VPN. Downloading? Maybe if you don’t have a Debrid service. I’ve had several IPTV services without a VPN. I think that the IPTV Service only working with a VPN is an old wives tale told here many times but simply not true.

EDIT: I said US but you all are saying ISP’s are blocking streaming in the UK and Europe. Yes that is a known fact but NOT in the good ole US of A

Andrew · 2025-03-07T03:33:18.204Z

Guess that makes me an old wife lol. Like i said not sure why it happened with me with one or two iptv srvc i tried a while back but it did and didn’t make sense to me either. May have been something with the way i had settings messed up or something. Like i said im not the best at tech just learn as i go and thanks for the info i learn something new every time i visit this place

Avid08 · 2025-03-07T08:23:49.959Z

I definitely know in Europe that some ISP’s put blocks in place by court orders to block iptv servers as I have experienced it myself.
Even a legitimate company like Cloudflare are even suffering these blocks by certain entities.
It’s definitely not an old wife’s tale in Europe.
It may never happen publicly in the US due to the freedom of speech laws.
But an ISP could put a block in place and never announce it publicly.

You’ve also got to remember that football or soccer as it’s called for some reason in the US is the most popular, most televised sport in the world and the broadcasting deals and the money involved are tens of billions.
They are not going to just standby and let criminals pirate copy and distribute these subscription services.

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MikeN · 2025-03-07T08:44:14.047Z

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