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You could run a proxy on a VPS. A basic Linode has 200GB bandwidth (which is the same as the monthly cap on my home connection). Tinyproxy is easy to set up.

But this is an interesting idea for a service.

Wouldn't it be illegal to serve hulu content to the outside of US?

This is probably why most businesses offering proxies, newsgroup access, etc. have very shady looking websites :)

That's the problem with such a business. You can't advertise "get Hulu from outside the US". You can only advertise "fast proxy servers", which only the technically inclined people will now what to do with.

Nzmsv, let's talk Bryan at schindyguy dot com

- Get a cheap development box (Linode, Slicehost, etc.)

- Set Firefox to use Socks Host 127.0.0.1:8080

- Open up your terminal and enter this: ssh -C2qTnN -D 8080 your-user@example.com

Et voilà, you're tunneling all your browser traffic through the development box.

Note: I'm on a Mac, so things might differ under Windows.

Use FreeVPN.

Is it fast enough?

Don't know the exact speed but around 80kbps which is basically just enough to stream Hulu.