Access Pandora from outside the US using the Vidalia Bundle

These simple steps describe how to access Pandora easily in minutes using the Vidalia Bundle based on Tor:
  1. Download and install the Vidalia Bundle.
  2. Go to Start > Vidalia Bundle > Tor > Torrc.
  3. Paste the following at the bottom of the open document and save it:
  4. StrictExitNodes 1 exitnodes desync,whistlersmother,lefkada,bettyboop,croeso,TorLuwakOrg,nixnix,inap1,redpineapple,cronic,sasquatch,slowturtle2
  5. Download tor.pac and place it at your C: drive.
  6. Configure your browser:
    • Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings
    • Check "Use automatic configuration script" and fill the text box with: file://C:\tor.pac
    • Firefox: Tools > Options > Advanced > Connections > Settings
    • Check "Automatic proxy configuration URL" and fill the text box with: file:///C:/tor.pac
  7. Run Tor (Start > Vidalia Bundle > Vidalia)
  8. Now launch your browser and point it to www.pandora.com and you are able to access Pandora again.

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It only works occasionally for me. It takes two or three times to conect and it will stop working after a few songs. Apparently I get changing proxys so once in a while pandora tells me they can not give service from Germany or Sweeden or any other country. Any tip on how to fix a US proxy? Thanks.
So I do this and get an exit node in the US, meaning I can also buy music downloads from iTunes, amazon.com, etc. while traveling abroad. Didn't work for me the first couple of times, even though I didn't get the Pandora.com whine message about only being available in the US. Instead, the first couple of times I got a practically blank page at Pandora.com and no log in box, but now I'm listening to my Pandora stations in Uruguay. I use Tor anyway, so I was already 90% of the way there. Many thanks for this idea.
Thanks.
Still cant play pandora here,is it possible that this whole process and configuration wont do any good if Im in Israel?
hi can you tell me if this works as well if i enter the "file:///C:/tor.pac" command into the proxy field of my squeezebox? (i want pandora to work again on my logitech squeezebox).... thx. hp
Worked for like 3 songs, then when I restarted Firefox it first gave me the usual "You can't listen to Pandora because you're from Great Britain" message, except saying I was from China, then France before going back to United Kingdom and ultimately not working. Not really a solution if it's picking countries at random, and they only work for a few tracks.
amm, It didn't work for me (Israel). I can open everything except pandora, ideas?
Thanks so much for making this available - have really missed having access to Pandora at our house. Thanks to your instructions..... It's back !!!
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I followed all the instructions, but I still can't access Pandora. First it told me I was in France, then in Greece! I am in neither of those countries. How do I use Vidalia to tell Pandora I'm in the US?
Is there any way to configure Opera to use the automatic proxy? I tried entering the proxy like it is formatted for Firefox and IE but it still doesn't work. I read online that Opera can't map to a local .pac file. Is this true?
it's working from Sydney, Australia as well
I've just tried this method and it works! I managed to install the Vidalia Bundle on a Windows XP machine without administrative privileges in a non-default location and it works except for the missing Start menu entries. I found the file to edit in C:\Documents and Settings\MY_NAME\Application Data\Vidalia\torrc. Thank you so very much Global Pandora :-) Gig.

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