The Easy Way to Connect Back to the UK

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The UK Proxy & VPN Services from SimplyExpats.net

The UK Proxy and VPN Remote Access Services from SimplyExpats.net provide remote connectivity back to the United Kingdom from almost anywhere in the world.

As people who travel regularly, we appreciate the importance of staying in touch with what is happening in the UK.

Whilst travelling, we need to be able to keep up with events at home.

Some websites such as Internet banking, job sites, search engines and many others, operate on a geographic basis.  In some countries access to services such as VOIP may also be restricted.

Our service is designed for UK residents whilst travelling both in the UK and abroad.

Our VPN services also help protect your computer, by providing an encrypted link between you, and our data centres in the UK. This prevents people from intercepting personal information such as email addresses and passwords, when using public WiFi services in hotels, airports and other locations. If you travel regularly both within the UK and abroad, and use public Wifi services, you should always enable your VPN service to protect against so called “eavesdropping”.

We use the same technology as many large multinational organisations to provide remote access for their employees, to ensure the highest levels of availability and reliability for our customers.

SimplyExpats.net customers also enjoy access to our online Helpdesk, to ensure that they get the most from our service.

SimplyExpats.net is a subscription based service. We do not fund this service by advertising on our network, or selling email addresses to online marketing companies.

This ensures that we can maintain the highest levels service for our subscribers and sufficient investment in our infrastructure.

Unlike some of our competitors, we are a UK based company. We are not based in the United States or the Netherlands.

Make your iPad the Ultimate Travelling Companion with the New 2012 SimplyExpats.net services for iPad

The New 2012 UK Access Services for iPad

The iPad is rapidly becoming the platform of choice for our subscribers. We highly recommend using your iPad with our service, as it provides the most stable, reliable and easy to use connection available for those who travel regularly.

The New 2012 UK Access Services for iPad remove many of the connection problems associated with VPN services, when staying in hotels or when using public or shared Wifi connections.

If a VPN connection is not available in your location, you simply switch to the backup connection.

Not only can you use your iPad wherever you travel, but it is also exceptionally easy to connect it to a TV. This enables you to enjoy the features of your iPad on a larger format screen. You simply connect an iPad HTMI dongle to your iPad, and connect it to your TV.

The service only takes couple of minutes to set up, and your iPad will become the ultimate travelling companion.

Features at a Glance

• L2TP or PPTP VPN Access to our UK data centres
• Backup proxy access, for WiFi and public networks where VPN access is restricted
• Suitable for UK Residents who own second homes outside the UK, and have a dedicated ADSL or Cable connection
• No software to install
• Easily setup, only takes a couple of minutes

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Which SimplyExpats.net VPN service is right for your PC or Apple Mac?

The SimplyExpats.net L2TP Service is designed primarily for UK Resident second homeowners who regularly spend time at their second property outside the UK.

The service provides VPN connectivity back to the UK, and is supported on both Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows computers.

The service requires that you have a home ADSL or Cable connection to the Internet.

If you are travelling, and looking to use our VPN services from a hotel or other public WiFi network, we recommend that you use our OpenVPN Service. Some public WiFi networks do not support L2TP or PPTP VPN connections. However OpenVPN Service will connect through much more challenging WiFi and network environments.

Some WiFi providers, and even some Internet Service Providers, in certain countries, restrict access to Internet services. VOIP, Skype, streaming media, and even some Email services are often blocked through these public WiFi networks.

Both SimplyExpats.net VPN services allow you to connect back to our UK based data centres. Once connected, you can use these services, just as you would at home.

SimplyExpats.net L2TP and PPTP VPN Access Services for PC and Apple Mac

The UK L2TP and PPTP VPN Services provide our entry level connectivity, and requires a home ADSL or Cable connection.

They uses the most commonly supported form of VPN connections, to connect to our UK based data centres.

Most modern routers support L2TP and PPTP VPN connections, and both Apple MacOS and Microsoft Windows have this software built into the Operating System. There is therefore no software to install, and the service can be setup and running in a couple for minutes.

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Features at a Glance

• L2TP or PPTP VPN Access to our UK data centres
• Backup proxy access for networks where VPN access is restricted
• Suitable for UK Residents who own second homes outside the UK, and have a dedicated ADSL or Cable connection
• No software to install
• Easily setup, only takes a couple of minutes
• Suitable for Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows users

The SimplyExpats.net OpenVPN Access Service for PC and Apple Mac

The VPN service for people who travel or use public WIFI hotspots regularly

The UK OpenVPN Service is designed for users who regularly travel, stay in hotels, and use public WiFi both in the UK and abroad.

As a SimplyExpats.net OpenVPN subscriber, you can connect using OpenVPN, and also via our standard L2TP or PPTP services. This allows you the maximum flexibility to connect to which ever service works best on the network you are connected to.

Unlike the L2TP or PPTP services, it will connect through more challenging WiFi and network environments. Some hotels, for example, do not allow normal PPTP or L2TP VPN connections through their firewalls. Many hotels at home and abroad, also prevent access to Skype, streaming media, and many other commonly used applications.

However the OpenVPN Service uses the same encryption technology as is used in most online shopping and banking websites, so will connect through the most challenging of network environments. Once the OpenVPN service is connected, you will be able to access these services just as you would at home.

The service also provides two methods of connection. The main Esix_Professional connection, and an Esix_Professional_Backup connection. This should allow you to connect to the service, even if the WiFi provider is restricting the services they support.

The VPN Professional service provides additional security for your computer by using strong SSL encryption over the VPN connection. This prevents any interception of your personal information when using public WiFi networks in hotels, airports, and other public WiFi environments. To protect your personal information, this service should ALWAYS be used when connecting to public WiFi networks, regardless of whether in the UK or travelling abroad.

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Features at a Glance

• L2TP or PPTP VPN Access to our UK data centres
• OpenVPN SSL Access back to our UK data centres
• Backup proxy access for networks where VPN access is restricted
• Suitable for people who regularly travel within the UK and abroad, and often use public WiFi systems to connect to the Internet
• Easily setup, only takes a few minutes
• Suitable for Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows users

VPN Service Comparison at a Glance

UK L2TO and PPTP Services	UK Professional Service
The SimplyExpats.net Home Access Service is designed for UK resident, second home owners, that have a home ADSL or cable connection to the Internet. It provides VPN connectivity back to our UK datacentres over PPTP or L2TP.This allows you to access UK resources just as if you were in the UK. The SimplyExpats.net Home Access Service uses software already built into Windows or MacOS, so it is easy to setup, and there is no need to install any additional software. The service is compatible with both Mac and PC and games consoles that support PPTP or L2TP VPN services.	The SimplyExpats.net OpenVPN Access Service, is designed for UK residents who travel regularly both in the UK and abroad, who stay in hotels, or use public WiFi connections.Like the L2TP and PPTP services, it provides connectivity to our UK datacentres, and allows you to access UK resources whilst travelling abroad. The OpenVPN service uses industry standard strong encryption, which protects your communications from being “eavesdropped” when using public WiFi services.This radically improves your online security preventing your email addresses, passwords, and other personal information from being intercepted by other WiFi users. It is therefore highly recommended for users who regularly use public WiFi networks both in the UK and abroad. The service is compatible with Mac and PC operating systems.
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SimplyExpats.net is a service provided by the Esix Group. We are a professional Managed Internet Services Provider, and operate our own high availability network. This guarantees that our users receive the service, security, and transparency they demand.

Why use our Service?

If you travel regularly, you will undoubtedly have noticed that things are not the same when using an Internet connection abroad.

If you go to Google.com for example, you are directed to the Google servers in that country. This does not help, if you are searching for local UK listings, as results are invariably tailored for the country you are in.

Furthermore, many websites have  different views for those in the UK, and those located outside the UK. Some sites may even prevent access to the site from outside the UK. This is often true of job, media and banking websites.

Unlike many content providers, as a Managed Service Provider, we do not differentiate between our users accessing the service in the UK and those travelling internationally.

Most internationally based organisations operate on the same basis. They deploy similar Remote Access Proxy and VPN technology to ours, in key locations around the globe. This enables  users to have a consistant connection to the Internet regardless of where they are.

Our UK and International Network

We operate an extensive high availability network in multiple data centres, to ensure that our customers enjoy the highest quality of service, privacy and security.

SimplyExpats.net employ a tiered platform of Proxy VPN Access Servers, Web Proxies, and associated services, to maintain the performance, stability and security of our infrastructure.

Note: Whilst the Esix Group does not place any restrictions on this service, in order to comply with UK broadcasting regulations, some streaming media sites may require that you are a UK resident and hold a valid TV licence.  If you intend to access streaming media sites whilst connected to this service, we suggest that you check the Terms & Conditions of the relevant website.