The release of a Latin American version of Netflix has been celebrated as the expansion of a very valuable service, allowing people in Chile as well as other parts of Latin America to access the services of Netflix. As many locals have already figured out, watching Netflix in Chile is not all it has cracked up to be. Simply speaking, the Latin American version of Netflix is very limited compared to its United States cousin.

One of the first things you notice about the Latin American version of Netflix is that it only has a fraction of the content that the US version has. This is because of licensing agreements, and it often means that a movie or television show that you want to watch is not available in Latin America. Another difference is that the US version of Netflix tends to get new releases first, often a significant amount of time before other versions of Netflix receive them. This can be very annoying if you are looking for a particular show that has just come out.

At first glance, there appears to be nothing you can do about this, as signing up for a US Netflix account in Chile has little effect, as the site will block you, and even if you did succeed, you would not be able to view the content. This is because the site recognizes your IP address as not being from the United States and blocks you on this basis. However, there is a way around this.

You can use a VPN to mask your IP address with one from the United States. This makes it appear as if you are visiting websites while physically within America, even through your actual location has not change. Doing this will allow you to access the site for Netflix, sign up for an account and view all the content without any difficulty whatsoever.

Using a VPN for Netflix is a very easy and efficient way of accessing the US Netflix in Chile. You suffer none of the restrictions in content that you would using the Latin American Netflix server, and you get new content as soon as people in the States do. This makes it an effective way to access Netflix outside the USA no matter where in the world you are. There are other benefits too, the VPN gives you an American IP address, which allows you to access any website that is normally restricted to people within the United States.