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How can I use Pandora.com in Canada?

Asked by doggywuv (1041points) August 1st, 2009

When I go to the website, I am redirected to this page: http://www.pandora.com/restricted telling me that Pandora is only available in the USA.

I’ve tried many proxy servers to access it, but they don’t work. Is there a proxy that works or is there another way to access the site?

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Russter's avatar

Maybe you can. Lifehacker to the rescue! go to http://lifehacker.com/346616/listen-to-pandora-outside-the-us-with-globalpandora

It talks about global pandora. Not sure how that works, but it’s worth looking into.

tramnineteen's avatar

Lifehacker is a great resource! Good find @Russter

doggywuv's avatar

Thanks, but that method didn’t work for me. I followed the instructions at http://globalpandora.com/Vidalia_Bundle and it didn’t work.

DeanV's avatar

Then I wouldn’t recommend trying to access it anymore. Proxys are very unreliable when it comes to stuff like that.

I would look for an alternative. Do you use Last.fm or Spotify?

doggywuv's avatar

I’ve tried Last.fm and it only gives you a free trial. I will try Spotify. Thanks
EDIT: It seems that it doesn’t work in Canada :(

DeanV's avatar

@doggywuv It should be free. Or at least it is for me… You may want to look into that a bit more.

doggywuv's avatar

@dverhey It tells me that my free trial ends after I listen to 30 tracks.

DeanV's avatar

Hmm. Unfamiliar with that. Well, good luck.

You may also want to give Grooveshark a look.

aiwendil's avatar

Spotify only works in the UK, although I have a friend who got around that… proxys and fake addresses, I dunno.

TheCreative's avatar

You can use something called HotSpot Shield [Mac or PC]. They wont know where you are comming from. You’ll also be able to watch Hulu videos.

Russter's avatar

just as another alternative… i just found out about http://www.playlist.com/ from lifehacker.
I think I’ll give it try

doggywuv's avatar

HotSpot Sheild doesn’t work for me. It tells me that it doesn’t work on 64 bit operating systems.

I’ll give those alternatives a try; thank you!

Mozart's avatar

@dverhey Last.fm radio isn’t free outside of England, America and Germany anymore.

You could try some of the proxies at proxy.org, but be sure to click the ones that say ‘US’.

DeanV's avatar

Alright then. I remember hearing something about that a little while back, but wasn’t sure. Thanks for the info.

andrea23's avatar

I use the free software from http://www.jumpto.com It is a browser the locates itself in the US and as far as Pandora is concerned (Hulu too) I am in the US. This works on the PC partition of my Mac and I use it mostly for video but Pandora works well with it too.

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