How to watch TV from ANYWHERE in the world: Question: I used to be able to listen to Pandora, and now it say it's unavailable in my country?!? What happened and how can I get it back?

I am really sorry to hear of your concern and shock. I was also surprised of Pandora's abrupt change. As of May 3, 2007 Pandora will begin to block all users that have and IP address that is not located in the United States - USA.

It seems that Pandora is trying to get its international licenses with the different music companies in order, so this will take until about 2075 - In which I will celebrate my 100th birthday and I don't feel like waiting that long!

So us die-hard Pandora luvin' listeners in the rest of the world (other countries beside the USA) will have to use more clever means and ways to get our way (as we always do - don't they know that the customer is ALWAYS RIGHT!!!)

So I will give a down an dirty tutorial on how to get your Pandora juices flowing through your foreign internet connection again.

Step 1: Get a VPN Connection

I personally believe that VPN (Virtual Private Networks) are AWESOME!

Since just about EVERY really cool Internet service out there seems to be target towards Americans, then we should do the next best thing besides moving to the US of A.

Let's get a US IP address and show the American Internet World that we are REALLY American in out big Internet Hearts.

I highly recommend either of these premium VPN Providers:

Strong VPN

Hide My Ass! VPN

Step 2: Configure the Connection:

If your not a rocket scientist like me and this type of thing seems like it might overload your brain.

I recommend you go with the guys and gals over at Strong VPN - they will completely hold your hand and help you set up your VPN on your computer - remotely if needed! Wait! It gets even BETTER...

The have the lowest priced VPN connection on the Internet that allows you to access Pandora and HULU! $55 Bucks (USD) a YEAR! I live over here across in the pond in "OLD EUROPE" and I've been using Strong VPN for a few years and love them like family (They are on my Christmas card list). This $55 Dollar a year deal is only for their US & UK servers. They have other VPN Servers in other countries too if you need.

Strong VPN - $55 a year (PPTP VPN Connection in the US or UK - no software needed)

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I'm also a big Fan of Hide My Ass! VPN - One because they have a super cool name for their service and they offer a high-speed VPN in over 16 Counties:

Hide My Ass! VPN - $79 a year (OPENVPN or PPTP - Easy to use configuration software)

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