Technology keeps developing and extending, offering people new abilities and services wherever you look. Watching Netflix is one example of this. First developed in 1997, the service has taken the world by storm. Viewing your favorite television shows and movies has never been easier. There is a little bit of a problem if you try to watch Netflix from an area that is outside of their servers, but I can let you in on a secret, and tell you exactly how to watch Netflix in Taiwan.

Officially, there isn't any way to watch Netflix if you don’t have a local Netflix server. If you contact Netflix and ask them about it, they will just tell you that you aren't in the right part of the world to use their services. ‘Sorry, try later’, basically. The suggestion is that you wait for them to release a server in the region, which could take many years, if they do it at all.

You need to 'fake it' to get past this. Specifically, the IP address on your computer, or cell phone, or whatever else you are using, is giving you away. It tells Netflix that you are in Taiwan. As long as it is doing this, there isn’t any way that you can use Netflix Instant. Thankfully, IP addresses can be hidden, masked, faked, however you want to look at it.

To do this, you need to use a virtual private network (VPN). This service is readily available online, although you might want to do some shopping around to work out which version works best for you. Regardless of what VPN provider you choose, they all work the same. Connecting to a VPN means that Netflix, or whatever website you are using, sees the information that the server gives it, rather than yours.

I've always found using a VPN for Netflix very rewarding. Netflix has such a wide range of content to offer, it’s hard to imagine ever getting bored. Besides this, if you ever do want something else other than watching Netflix in Taiwan, the VPN offers this too. It lets you avoid local censorship, and access websites that you couldn’t otherwise. It will even let you visit other American websites that are designed to be restricted to Americans, but in reality, are just as easy to get onto as Netflix. With the right technology watching Netflix outside the USA becomes not only possible, but very easy.