A VPN (short for Virtual Private Network) is a tunnel-like connection that allows users to surf the web and use web-based applications under a completely different IP address. VPNs are widespread and used by millions of people around the world.

The good services, of course, demand a fee to pay-off their server costs (tunneling thousands of people simultaneously isn’t an easy thing to do). But, as usual, there always is a free and usable alternative.