If you already have a VPN that you like, or you don't like any of the Netflix-friendly ones like our VPN Monster, take heart. There are other ways to access your favorite streaming service and get most of the benefits a VPN has to offer.
Some VPN services like ours, offer split tunneling. This feature lets you designate which apps send their traffic through the encrypted VPN tunnel and which don't. Simply whitelist the Netflix mobile app, if you're on a smartphone or tablet, and you'll have no trouble.
On a desktop it's a bit trickier, since you probably access Netflix through the browser. If that's the case, you can download a separate browser that you only use for Netflix and whitelist that browser.
Split tunneling is a rare feature, but it's far more common for a VPN service to offer a browser plugin. Once installed, the browser plugin routes all your browser traffic through the VPN, and leaves everything else in the clear. That means some of your data won't be protected, but that can work to your advantage. Again, by downloading a different browser solely for using Netflix, you could secure the traffic of your primary browser with a plugin.
If you don't like the idea of picking and choosing between what uses a VPN and what doesn't, you could purchase a static IP address from a VPN company. Normally, you are assigned the IP address of the VPN server. But with a static IP, the VPN company gives you all the protections of a VPN and ensures your traffic emerges from a specific IP address that you own. VPN companies sometimes call these "clean IP addresses," the implication being that they are not associated with VPN activity. Using an IP address not known to carry VPN traffic might be enough to sneak by Netflix and others.
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