Top VPN Companies Based in Australia of 2016

If you live in Australia you may have noticed that some services like Netflix, Hulu and many more are blocked in your country. This happens due to copyright and licensing restrictions that will afterwards cost extra to be lifted via other TV channels broadcasting the content. It is known that many Australians, when faced with this online censorship, turn to VPN services, a more cost-friendly and convenient solution to get access to blocked online content. In fact, the use of this kind of service is growing among Australians and, fortunately, VPNs are completely legal at the light of the Copyright Act. Also, the majority of the biggest VPN providers hold VPN servers in Australia so that you can get better speeds when trying to access locked Australian streaming content and websites from abroad.

Australia is indeed a country where online content will be pretty much inaccessible due to the aforementioned reasons for geo-blocks. When looking for a VPN, pay close attention to where they’re headquartered since this can be a two-edged knife. If any given company is headquartered in Australia, it will have to act in accordance with the law of the country, which means it may be forced by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to hold online records of its users for a period of two years. The same happens with VPNs. Although this is kind of a grey area, as they are forced to comply with the law, many VPN providers promote themselves as no log companies besides being headquartered in countries that forces the online data saving. Although Australia is not one of the best countries for a VPN company to be established in, the truth is you will be getting generally fast speeds and reliable internet using Australian VPN servers when you don’t need geo unblocking.

VPNSecure is one of the aforementioned cases since this is an Australian company promising a no log privacy policy. This VPN provider supplies you with OpenVPN, PPTP and SSH Tunnelprotocols – a tunneling-specific setup that works via TCP – being the latest. Regarding its server network, the truth is this is not the worst we’ve ever seen. In fact, VPNSecure has servers spread over 48 countries, including 3 in different Australian cities(Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne). Also, among these are a few stealth servers that you can connect to while using Stealth VPN, one of the strongpoints of this software, while the smart DNSfeature also promises to conquer your trust to circumvent geo-blocks. You can use VPNSecure on computers, mobile, and any other device by using one of the VPNSecure routers available through the Aussie company’s partnership with FlashRouters. Sadly, there is no free trial but you’ll enjoy a 15-day money back guarantee so you have nothing to lose. This is only a small summary of what VPNSecure has to offer so please make sure you to check our full review on this service to find out more.

Getflix is an Australian smart DNS service that will also grant you access to geo-blocked content while in Australia. The name kind of gives it away as its major point of focus for content unblocking is Netflix. Getflix is not the same as a VPN service though; what smart DNS services do is only tunnel your information through DNS servers located in the U.S. (in the case of Netflix) without any encryption, while VPNs tunnel all your information under a secure protocol and strong encryptions. Though paid Getflix subscriptions do bring an optional VPN account. Since smart DNS services don’t encrypt anything they may be faster than VPNs, therefore making your streams run smoother. Getflix currently counts 26 servers worldwide including 4 in Australia and 2 in New Zealand. You can run Getflix on pretty much every device that has a screen and there’s a 14-day free trial and an outrageous 95% discount for lifetime subscriptions.

This VPN company is based in England, a country that also suffers from a good amount of geo-blocks and, if it’s not already on your “to consider” list, you should definitely include it immediately… Well, at least finish reading this article to know why. HideMyAss is indeed one of the best VPN choices on the market at the moment as it features 940+ servers in over 220 countries (obviously featuring Australia and New Zealand’s varied locations), which translates in more than 120,000 IP addresses for you to use. Besides having complete dedicated apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android it also features browser extensions and many more interesting characteristics. Although a free trial is not offered there is a generous 30-day money back guarantee. To find out more on HideMyAss’ services, make sure to check our review.

Less known, but definitely worth a chance, is VPN.ac. Hailing from Romania, this VPN provider brings some interesting features that seem to have enough to claim a higher place in the VPN hierarchy. Let’s start by telling that you’ll be enjoying full privacy since this is a no log company that encrypts your traffic with AES 256-bit, and because it allows the use of OpenVPN, L2TP/IPSec, PPTP, and PureTLS protocols. The server network is decently sized with 21 VPN and 30 secure proxy server locations, with the bonus of featuring premium Gigabit servers as well as unlimited bandwidth. VPN.ac allows 6 connections (3 of them with the trial version) and has app support for Windows, Mac, and Android besides granting you a 7-day money back guarantee. All this and other hidden features are available for you to check in our full review.