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Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues
From: Matthew Huff <mhuff () ox com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:49:18 +0000
It’s not about optimization, it’s about the contract with the content providers. The agreement is to restrict content by geographical regions mainly for marketing purposes. They block VPN access to keep people from bypassing those restrictions. It’s true of all the streaming providers.
On Nov 13, 2019, at 9:44 AM, Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk () inoc net> wrote: On 11/12/19 5:28 PM, Michael Crapse wrote:Myself and a few other ISPs are having our eyeballs complain about disney+ saying that they're on a VPN. Does anyone have any idea, or who to contact regarding this issue? This is most likely improper geolocation databases. Anyone have an idea who they use?Same boat here. ARIN ISP with all valid SWIP clearly showing stateside USA. So who knows what Disney+ is doing to block their viewers. Seems rather silly to block viewing based on the connecting IP address. Wouldn't you base it on the authorized viewer who is logged in and using the service? I mean, that's what they are paying for. I get the whole CDN steering thing, but the error message message sent back to the viewer should not be to "call your ISP". Now you have support desks taking thousands of worthless calls.... ESPN+ is guilty of the same garbage.... -- inoc.net!rblayzor XMPP: rblayzor.AT.inoc.net PGP: https://pgp.inoc.net/rblayzor/
Current thread:
- Disney+ Geolocation issues Michael Crapse (Nov 12)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues jim deleskie (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Robert Blayzor (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Matthew Huff (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Robert Blayzor (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Michael Crapse (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Radu-Adrian Feurdean (Nov 14)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues John Von Essen (Nov 14)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Ethan O'Toole (Nov 14)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Javier J (Nov 14)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Matthew Huff (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Michael Crapse (Nov 12)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Aden Dragulescu (Nov 12)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Michael Crapse (Nov 12)