How to get a US IP in Canada? How to appear as an American user in Canada?

The VPN gives the opportunity to change your IP. Actually this simple application allows you to connect to servers that give new IPs. Once the connection is established,  you are able to browse under the identity of the server.

So depending on which country are available in your VPN offer, you are able to change your online identity and also to appear as you would have an other nationality.

Why change your IP?

First of all this ability is a way to gain a total privacy and anonymity. So you are able to avoid from being followed by either your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or even hackers. Furthermore this could be important if your country censors some kind of sites as China or Iran, but even in the USA with CISPA, or in France with Hadopi.

Afterwards, it enables you to browse on geo-blocked sites. In fact much sites limitate their contents in order to block the browsing for specific nationalities (see the example below).

This type of restriction is often utilized because of licensing constraints. Actually the entertainment contents undergo broadcasting rights that must be purchased by the content companies in order to air their content. They often buy the rights in a few countries, because they are quite expensive.

What are the geo-blocked sites?

There are a lot of them! From on-demand services, to music streaming websites and to TV channels. Here are some examples of blocked sites in Canada, that the VPN allows to unblock:

• On-demande sites: Hulu, Amazon Instant Videos, Uploaded.to, Wilmaa…
• TV channels: UK TV, HBOgo, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, MTV…
• Music streaming sites: Rhapsody, Pandora, Turntable.fm, MOG…

How to use a VPN to get a US IP?

1. Choose a provider with US server locations (N.B. for better privacy features, choose a provider with OpenVPN protocol too).
2. Dowload the VPN application and sign in
3. Select a US Server
4. Benefit from a US IP and browse freely

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Bottom line

The VPN is a good way to free your browsing by giving you access to lots of blocked sites. It frees your internet access because it bypasses the internet censorship.

But also the VPN is a way to secure your connection. Its connection process includes your data encryption through theVPN protocol. When you use a VPN, nobody can be able to decrypt your datas.