[K0nserv]

VPNs are great. Free VPNs from god knows who, are not that great. A VPN is exactly the kind of thing you want to be paying a trustworthy entity for.

[walrus01]

or run yourself, you can put openvpn on a $2.50/month debian or centos VPS.

[noonespecial]

Do check that they have the tun/tap module included on the vps before signing up or open VPN won't work on that vps host.

[walrus01]

Yes, that's essential. Assuming use of a vps that is not really a real vm (xen pv, xen hvm or kvm), but more like a glorified jail, which is what most of the cheap ones are that use openvz or similar.