You Can Unblock YouTube at School or Work While Also Fixing Slow YouTube with Speedify
A network that blocks YouTube usually blocks it for everyone and every video, including the training clip you were told to watch. The block sits on the network, not on your account, so signing in differently changes nothing. If YouTube loads but keeps buffering, see how to watch YouTube without buffering.
Speedify is an app that encrypts your traffic so the network cannot tell which site you are reaching. With two internet connections, such as Wi-Fi and your phone’s 4G/5G cellular, Speedify uses both at the same time, so getting access does not cost you speed; on Wi-Fi alone it works as an encrypted VPN and can be a little slower.
Check your school’s or employer’s internet rules before you get around a block, because doing so may break them. Read on to see how to reach YouTube on a school or work network, and how the same app fixes the buffering once you are watching.
Why Schools Block YouTube and How Speedify Gets Past the Block
Schools and offices cannot shut down the internet or YouTube itself. What they can do is block the addresses of YouTube.com and the YouTube app on their Wi-Fi network, so YouTube stops loading for everyone connected to it.
Speedify unblocks YouTube at school or work by encrypting your traffic, so the Wi-Fi network you connect through cannot see which sites you visit. Speedify also lets you use both Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular at the same time on your smartphone. On a computer or laptop, Speedify combines Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and satellite internet connections, including tethered phones.
Combining connections also gives YouTube more bandwidth than one connection alone.
How to Get YouTube Unblocked at School with Speedify
- Download Speedify on the phone or computer you use at school. Speedify runs on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.
- Open Speedify and create a free account (the free tier includes 5 GB per month), or sign in.
- On a phone, tap Allow when your phone asks to add a VPN configuration.
- Speedify connects to a Speedify server automatically. The school network now sees only an encrypted connection to that server, not the apps and sites you open.
- Open YouTube in your browser or the YouTube app and watch as usual.
How Speedify Fixes YouTube Buffering and Disconnects
The reason for your slow YouTube experience is most likely your Internet connection. Your smartphone is a powerful piece of technology, but by default some of its powers are not in use. For example, your phone only uses one Internet connection at a time: Wi-Fi or 4G/5G cellular. So if that one connection is spotty or intermittent, you will have a poor YouTube experience. It is a little like being stuck in a traffic jam because only one lane is open on the freeway.
Speedify lets your device use multiple connections simultaneously, such as Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular together. YouTube gets the bandwidth of both, so you see less buffering and fewer videos loading slowly on YouTube, even when one connection is weak.
Speedify works by combining internet connections, which increases the bandwidth your device has for video streaming or anything else you do online. Getting that used to require special hardware, which mostly companies paid for. Speedify does it with an app you download.
How Speedify Keeps YouTube Running in the Background
Once you get the Speedify app running on your computer, iPhone or Android smartphone, there is nothing else to set up.
Speedify also runs in the background, checking the quality of each internet connection. With automatic failover, if Wi-Fi or 4G/5G cellular drops or becomes unreliable, Speedify moves your YouTube traffic to the connection that still works and goes back to using both once the weak one recovers.
Get YouTube Unblocked at School or Work Without Slowing It Down
Speedify is a simple, secure way to connect to the internet. The app encrypts your traffic like a VPN and combines your connections, so you get that privacy without the slowdown an ordinary VPN adds on a single connection. Your data also stays protected on compromised Wi-Fi networks.
Speedify’s encryption applies to every connection the app uses, so your Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular traffic are both protected.
Speedify gives you a simple way to get YouTube unblocked at school or work. Get started with Speedify today for free: the free tier includes 5 GB per month with a free account.
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