VPN

[webby1]

Pure VPN still works for us. But if you try and connect without it and get refused then it stays in the history and as you said you need to clear cache etc before starting the VPN and trying again.

I'm sure I read that if you use 3FAH it is detected as a UK sim and you no longer need to use a VPN.

 

[Lenny HB]

If you are using a 3 PAYG data sim I think you will find that you do not need a VPN to access UK TV, that has been my experience in France, Spain and Portugal.

Because you are using a UK based sim the system thinks you are in the UK.

I've found that since the change to free roaming last June if you connect via a UK SIM all channels work without a VPN.

 

[JockandRita]

The BBC seem to be getting good at detecting VPN's and then blocking them, I have had the same problem with different VPN's.

Try clearing the history/cache etc, turn off adblocker and keep reconnecting to the VPN, sometimes several goes needed, each time the VPN should come up with a different one.

I use Pure VPN which has various options, one of which is to stream BBC, strangely this rarely worked but I could get the BBC iplayer to work using the option for ITV.

Basically all I can suggest is keep fiddling until it works, I am presuming that Slick is a subscription service, none of the free ones that I tried in the past worked for iplayer.

Many thanks for your input.
I'll bookmark this thread, for when I'm next on a site's WiFi here in Spain, then give the VPN another bash.

Cheers for now,

Jock.