CBS All Access is a terrible streaming service, and I wish it ill

Re:CBS All Access is a terrible streaming service, and I wis... by bigbassroller on Thursday January 11, 2018 @12:14AM (#16121536)

I don't think Netflixs works with VPN IP that is out of country where the account holder resides. When using ExpressVPN with overseas ip location, I get "Whoops, something went wrong... You seem to be using an unblocker or proxy..."

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Re:CBS All Access is a terrible streaming service, and I wis... by arghnoname on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:20AM (#16122029)

It works overseas, or at least it used to. My account has a billing address in the United States, where I live most of the year, but when I'm in Europe if I log into Netflix it works but only provides the titles available to Europe. The "Whoops" message is probably because it is detecting that your IP is on a block where a lot of VPS services reside (e.g., a known VPN or AWS).

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Re:CBS All Access is a terrible streaming service, and I wis... by acchow on Thursday January 11, 2018 @05:06AM (#16122657)

If you're using a major VPN provider with an IP address block, they probably block them.

But otherwise...if you have your own VPS with it's own IP address.... How can Netflix detect that VPN?

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