My
Third Semester at MICO University
doing my Professional Diploma in Teaching has come to an end. I'm no officially
on Christmas break, catching up on blogging on My Thoughts on
Technology and Jamaica, MICO
Wars: The Teacher Force Awakens and Geezam at day and watching a long
list of series at night.
That's
right folks, even on a holiday, I still do not take a break from running my
three (3) blogs; there is just too much news going around. Plus I have to get
ready for my Teaching Practicum in January 2016 when I'll have to take up
teaching duties at the Spanish Town High School as show below.
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Purchasing
all the stuff I need, from the Binder to a Laptop, a Camera, a smartphone and a
Tablet that's coming in a Barrel as pointed out in my blog article entitled
“How
US$80
MICO University Internet
Blockade – Sharing passwords, Video streaming and Downloading
So
I was quite surprised to discover before I left that MICO University is now blocking Video streaming,
downloading shows as well as visiting Social Media websites such as Facebook
and Instagram on Campus.
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Apparently, the students have been abusing the privilege
as there has been a spike in traffic ever since the CMI (Caribbean Maritime
Institute) students have come on campus as pointed out in my blog article
entitled “CMI's
Future Mechatronics Engineers - Why Free Housing for Robotics Programmers vital
to Jamaica's Growth”.
This as some Miconians have probably been lending
them their logins and passwords to use on the MICO Campus Internet. Also, some Smartphones
double as a hotspot, redistributing 3G as well as Wi-Fi Internet, allowing the
CMI students access to a resource that only registered Miconians can use.
Many Miconians have complained, claiming that this
is unfair, as it means that they are being punished for the evil of a few
registered Miconians students who should be using the Internet for work, not “pimping”
their Social Media and wasting time on YouTube as well as downloading Videos.
Still, there is little that the students can do to
convince the Admin, as the traffic spike is obvious and they have no plans to
increase the Bandwidth or change to Digicel Play Fiber Optic Internet as described
in my Geezam blog article entitled “How
Digicel Play will spread the Gospel of Fiber Optic this Christmas” unless
the school's population were to suddenly double in size come January 2016.
So what can a Miconian do to get their Video streaming,
downloading and Social Media Fix?
How
to use a VPN to bypass MICO University Internet blockade
For one they can install a VPN (Virtual Private
Network) on the laptop or smartphones as explained in my blog article entitled “Cable
Providers comply with BCJ Cable Channel Removal - How to install a VPN to
Stream American Cable Channels on your Roku”.
A VPN basically involves logging into an ISP (Internet
Service Provider) in another country, making your Internet queries appear to be
coming from that ISP in that country. Most Firewalls are programmed to block traffic
coming from a specific ISP.
So using an ISP outside of MICO University will not be blocked, as MICO University's Internet is merely an
encrypted pipe that's carrying your traffic. A list of these VPN's for Laptop and Desktop
users are as follows:
1.
BlackVPN (US$10.71 monthly, US111.63
yearly)
2.
Buffered
(US$9.99 monthly, US$120.00 yearly)
3.
Cyberghost (US$6.99 monthly,
US$69.96 annually)
4.
ExpressVPN (US$8.32 monthly, US$99.95
yearly)
5.
IPVanish VPN (US$6.49 monthly, US$77.99
annually)
6.
Norton Hotspot Privacy (US$20 monthly,
US$60 annually)
7.
Private Internet Access (US$7
monthly, US$40 annually)
8.
TorGuard (US$9.99 monthly, US$59.99 annually)
For Smartphone and Tablet users, these are these Apps
that are trial ware which also have a pay option:
1. Cyberghost
2. Hideman VPN
6. TunnelBear
Once installed, just follow the instructions and
install and you'll be able to get past the firewall and visit YouTube, downloading
videos and hanging out on your Social Media websites once more
Good to note that VPN apps and websites are the
technique used by High school students on the TIS (Table in Schools) Program to
bypass the protection on Tablets and access. But they are mainly trial ware and
some of them only work if you pay for the service.
So what's a Miconian without a Scotia VISA Debit or
CIBC VISA Debit card to do?
How
to use a Google Proxy to bypass MICO University Internet blockade
The answer is to use a Google proxy!!!!
A Google Proxy as described in the article “Bypass
blocked webpages and paywalls with Google as your proxy Server”, published
July 16, 2013 By Melanie Pinola, IT World,
like all other proxy's, is a free option. There are paid options, but with so
many free, it's pointless to pay.
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A
Proxy basically involves routing your Internet traffic through another Server
in another country, making your Internet queries appear to be coming from that Server
in that country.
Again
Firewalls are programmed to block traffic coming from a specific Server, so
using a proxy outside of MICO University
will allow you to circumvent MICO
University's Internet blockade.
The
only problem is that unlike a paid VPN, traffic through a proxy as usually
monitored by the owners of the Server. It is also method used by hackers to
steal your passwords.
Still,
if you're a cash-strapped Miconian, then you have little to fear if you use of
these three (3) Google Proxies as listed in the article “Use Google asa Proxy Server to Bypass Paywalls, Download Files”, published July 15 2013,
Labnol:
1.
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://example.com/
2.
http://www.google.ie/gwt/x?u=http://example.com/
3.
http://www.gmodules.com/ig/proxy?url=http://example.com/
To
use them, simply enter the address that you wish to visit in the section titled
http://example.com/ and then press
Enter. Your traffic will be tunneled through the Google proxy, allowing you to
visit the website for free.
To
m fellow Miconians, this is my Christmas Gift to you so Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year 2016 when you return.
Remember sharing is caring so share this post with someone else that
needs it at MICO University!
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