I had.. for a long while..the idea of using my Asus router to build a Unblock US like service for personal use. My justification is that commercial services like Unblock US offer attractive deals. But I don’t need all locations/media services supported by them. Also lots of people have broadband at home but idle. I thought DIY on home routers would be interesting.
Digress a bit. Seems home router manufactuers haven’t added such features to their products (maybe someone already did)? Asus offers a few free cloud services such as Cloud Disk, Smart Access, Smart Sync which some users may find useful. But useless to me and many others. IMHO, an Asus “Unblock US” like service will be way more attractive and better value than their existing services on the cloud. For this new service, they could build their own or partner with a “Unblock US” like company. I would even think they can charge a competitive fee with a flexible price structure. Asus, will you listen?
Back to D.I.Y. People could find some working partners far apart and use home routers for mutual access. But then security/privacy concern and skill disparity will unlikely attract people and bring values to the general public even if an easy todo procedures/software are developed. So take one step back. It might be way easier to rent a virtual server in a country of interest. Run a copy of linux and do the rest yourself.
Have people done that? Any interesting stories to share? Btw, anyone can recommend a cheap but good cheap VPS in UK?
Digress a bit. Seems home router manufactuers haven’t added such features to their products (maybe someone already did)? Asus offers a few free cloud services such as Cloud Disk, Smart Access, Smart Sync which some users may find useful. But useless to me and many others. IMHO, an Asus “Unblock US” like service will be way more attractive and better value than their existing services on the cloud. For this new service, they could build their own or partner with a “Unblock US” like company. I would even think they can charge a competitive fee with a flexible price structure. Asus, will you listen?
Back to D.I.Y. People could find some working partners far apart and use home routers for mutual access. But then security/privacy concern and skill disparity will unlikely attract people and bring values to the general public even if an easy todo procedures/software are developed. So take one step back. It might be way easier to rent a virtual server in a country of interest. Run a copy of linux and do the rest yourself.
Have people done that? Any interesting stories to share? Btw, anyone can recommend a cheap but good cheap VPS in UK?
