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#173545 27-May-2015 10:59

Looks like i may have a slight probem :(

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#1312617 27-May-2015 11:32

Which DNS service are you using? Typically they all play whac-a-mole and keep changing proxy egress IPs to get around this. I'd be surprised if that isn't resolved shortly.

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#1312620 27-May-2015 11:34

Getflix , was working fine last night , but this morning no

How i wait to see if they find a work around

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#1312627 27-May-2015 11:44

Seems strange that they would do this, surely they would the most customers as possible?

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#1312629 27-May-2015 11:45

cyberhub: Seems strange that they would do this, surely they would the most customers as possible?

I am sure they do but someone in the US might be cracking down on them

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#1312633 27-May-2015 11:47

cyberhub: Seems strange that they would do this, surely they would the most customers as possible?

Sure, which is why they only make token gestures to block out of region users to appease the content providers who are acting as proxies for companies like SKY etc who still pay silly money to have exclusive rights to content.

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#1312634 27-May-2015 11:48

cyberhub: Seems strange that they would do this, surely they would the most customers as possible?

not if gaining those customers mean they can't buy future content rights because the studios refuse to do business with them due to massive breach of contract.

In hulu's case, they are owned by the studios, so they have even more incentive to follow the terms of their agreements.

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#1312646 27-May-2015 12:19

insane: Which DNS service are you using? Typically they all play whac-a-mole and keep changing proxy egress IPs to get around this. I'd be surprised if that isn't resolved shortly.

I have logged a ticket with Getflix , so will see what they can do to sort the hitch

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#1312651 27-May-2015 12:30

Anyone else having issues on another provider like Unotelly?

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#1312698 27-May-2015 13:21

well i just restarted my Fire TV and Hulu is working now no problems , hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I restarted and cleared the cache after finding my streaming problem , so damed if i know why its working now , but i am happy it is

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#1312741 27-May-2015 14:01

Hulu is basically the oldschool broadcasters in the US, its not a nice internet friendly organization like netflix.

Thats why hulu does dumb stuff like not having whole seasons available, keeping up with "broadcast schedules" etc. Its basically a TVNZ on demand without all the suckyness of TVNZ on demand, but still suckyness.

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#1312743 27-May-2015 14:03

richms: Hulu is basically the oldschool broadcasters in the US, its not a nice internet friendly organization like netflix.

Thats why hulu does dumb stuff like not having whole seasons available, keeping up with "broadcast schedules" etc. Its basically a TVNZ on demand without all the suckyness of TVNZ on demand, but still suckyness.

and those lovely advertisements through the programming

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#1312754 27-May-2015 14:11

marlinz:

and those lovely advertisements through the programming

Those ads aren't all bad. They're helping to inform us on some of the dining choices for our US visit next month :-)

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#1312755 27-May-2015 14:13

networkn: Anyone else having issues on another provider like Unotelly?

I assume dns4me was experiencing issues, I've just checked my notifications and they reported Hulu had blocked their US servers.

Apparently all sorted now, they re-routed to a USA IP and people just need to restart their devices.

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#1312758 27-May-2015 14:14

dclegg:
marlinz:

and those lovely advertisements through the programming

Those ads aren't all bad. They're helping to inform us on some of the dining choices for our US visit next month :-)

I really like the look of red lobster.

But so many ads for credit cards that they swipe and cars. Thats all america is really, cars bought on credit.

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#1312759 27-May-2015 14:15

richms:
dclegg:
marlinz:

and those lovely advertisements through the programming

Those ads aren't all bad. They're helping to inform us on some of the dining choices for our US visit next month :-)

I really like the look of red lobster.

But so many ads for credit cards that they swipe and cars. Thats all america is really, cars bought on credit.

What an Odd thing to say? Have you spent any time in the US?

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