If country is not listed on VPN's website, does it mean that that country is not covered?

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Hi all, I’m generally inexperienced regarding VPNs😅

But, the Olympics are coming up, and I got the idea of wanting to try to watch other country’s coverage of the Games. As u prob know, though, I can’t, because of broadcasting restrictions, so, for the first time ever, I have thought of using a VPN to try this. From my limited beginner knowledge of how they work, I want to ask:

Let’s say for example I want to watch the Games on a Venezuelan site, but a certain VPN’s website does not include Venezuela on the list of countries from which it can provide service in. Does that mean that I cannot watch the olympics from a Venezuelan website? This is just an example, so people can understand what I’m trying to ask. So basically, whatever countries it does not list on it’s available service countries, I cannot watch it (or any other media coverage in general, not just the Olympics), from that country? If this is not how it works, please explain how it does, if you wouldn’t mind.

thank you very much!

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The VPN will allow you to access the internet from a server in another country. This is used to trick Netflix, for example, into thinking you are IN that country, and it will off you shows that are only available to customers in the country.

However, there is nothing stopping you from logging in to a server in Mexico, and from there seeking out a website in Venezuela. Or accessing the VPN server in Cambodia to then visit a Venezuelan website. I have no idea if Mexico or Cambodia block Venezuelan websites, just pointing out that if a website you want to see is blocked from one country, you can try another that will not.

The host country that you are starting from may block your access to certain websites, or some websites may block your access if you are coming in from a certain country they don’t like.

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The last 2 paragraphs really helped. I originally thought if you wanted to access TV that was in country A, u have to connect only to country A - not any other country besides A, and that if there weren’t any servers available in country A, you are out of options lol.

That means that it is not necessarily the TV from country A that is blocking you - it could also be your own location that doesn’t want you to connect to country A, is that right? In that case, you have 2 options:

  1. the easy way to connect to country A itself,
  2. or if the VPN service does not provide service directly in country A - a kind of “trial and error” test to find another “third-party” country that will allow you to watch TV that is broadcasted in country A. So, not available in Venezuela - our country A, thus comes the example from ur reply which is connect to Mexico/Cambodia - if those options are available - to see if those countries will let u watch Venezuelan TV.

plz correct me if im wrong anywhere, thank you!

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Talking about accessing “TV” is confusing me. Only streaming services and websites can be accessed via the web, TV is broadcast via ordinary radio waves. Do you mean accessing a TV channel’s website?

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Ah ok i see, I think i mean via web, because sports streaming services like NBC peacock are accessed by internet/VPN. Or something lol im not really sure

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Any streaming service will be tailored to the country you are logged into via VPN. You cannot get Venezuela’s Peacock service from Mexico. You’d need a Venezuelan VPN server.