In Search of A German Proxy

The internet is running out of IP addresses rather quickly? Well it’s true, the escalating numbers of websites, servers and just about anything online that needs an IP address is putting a lot of strain on the available addresses. Some estimates suggest that there are about 14% of the avilable addresses left online and falling fast. Don’t worry though there’s a new system called IPV6 on the horizon which will solve this problem. We are all defined to some extent by our IP address, what we can see, what we can do and even to what extent out governments monitor us online.

Your IP address depends on what country your ISP is in. Surf from Berlin and you’ll have a German IP address and so on. This is important as a lot of what we can do online is actually governed by this fact. Let’s take something like the BBC Iplayer for instance, a wonderful media site run by the BBC but unfortunately only available to those surfing from a UK IP address. Hulu is another example, with lots of great programs online it is very attractive site to visit yet if don’t have a US IP address forget it.

You may be surprised that just about every single decent media site on the internet restricts access depending on your IP address. It’s also used to do somethign called Price Discrimination, the practice of splitting the price you charge different people in order maximise profits. You’ll see this in work with someone like Napster who charges different prices to it’s customer depending on where they are. This is all worked out based on your IP adress and it’s called geotargeting.

Proxies are servers that sit between you and the web site you are visiting, to obscure your real IP address. So when you visit a web site it sees the proxy server address and not yours. Usually this is used for privacy issues but it does have an added benefit if you want to watch content online that is blocked to your current IP address. That is why I have to connect through a UK proxy when I’m working outside Britain so I can watch things like the BBC and ITV. For example a German citizen who worked and lived in America would need to use a German proxy to access media sites in his homeland.

The market for these proxies are growing, some people search around for free ones but it is a time consuming job and ultimately a frustrating one. 99% of the free servers are so overloaded that they fall over very quickly and it’s normally impossible to stream any video content over these servers. If you have lots of spare time they can be found though, believe me it’s hard work though.

If you look for a provider make sure you aren’t charged by country, the best proxy providers charge a single fee for access to a range of servers. In my mind this is essential if you want to surf without restrictions.

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