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Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues


From: Michael Crapse <michael () wi-fiber io>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:58:13 -0700

For all those in the current and future thread. We were successful in
reaching to Disney by emailing them with our subnet
netadmin () disneystreaming com

On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 08:26, Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk () inoc net> wrote:

On 11/13/19 9:49 AM, Matthew Huff wrote:
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.


Build a better mousetrap, because it's clearly not working. We still get
tons of people calling into first level support asking why ESPN+ doesn't
work and that ESPN told them to call their ISP's, which can do NOTHING
to fix the problem.

Guessing Disney stole a page from that book...

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