Best VPNs for Sky Go

However, there’s one big downside to all of this, which is the fact that Sky Go is exclusive to the UK and is therefore subject to geographical restrictions to anyone attempting to access it outside of the European island. Even worse, the streaming service is taking the same steps as many others and is already blacklisting some VPNs, though fortunately it’s still possible to get around this situation and access all Sky Go content from abroad.

Sky Go is not the first service – streaming or not – that is restricted to a certain country and it certainly won’t be the last either. While anyone is free to download the apps for various devices, once launched the software will display a message to those residing outside of the UK and preventing them from subscribing and accessing the content. As such people often turn to the usual solutions of proxy tools and VPNs but, unfortunately, Sky Go is already able to detect when some people are using certain VPNs to circumvent this UK geo-restriction.

VPNs mimic IP addresses from other countries and allow users to fool websites and services into thinking that they’re physically in the country. And so, just like many other streaming services, Sky Go blacklists IP addresses that are known to belong to VPN companies. While it’s true that the UK is usually the country with the highest number of servers after the U.S., there are still only so many IP addresses that can be assigned and if they’re always the same it’s not hard to pick out which ones are used for virtual networks.

This doesn’t mean that you can’t rely on VPNs to work around Sky Go’s frustrating blocks. Usually, the bigger a VPN company is the more likely it is that its IP addresses are known and therefore blocked, so sometimes the best alternative may very well be to pick less popular solutions. In fact, there are many reliable providers whose IP addresses still haven’t been blacklisted by the streaming service and even the smallest of VPN companies usually offer multiplatform apps that can be installed on both computers and mobile devices.

Some other providers are also compatible with routers, which is the most comfortable solution for ensuring that the protection of a VPN reaches devices that are not supported initially, such as smart TVs or game consoles. All that needs to be done to unblock Sky Go, then, is to connect the route to a server in the UK and everything using that internet connection should also unlock.