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Sky TV
by Babu » Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:53 pm
Since having our place in Spain I have used a spare Sky Box on our Community dish feed and bring my 2nd Multiroom viewing card out with me when I come and it works fine . . .
I have always assumed that if I were to plug in my box to the internet to get enhanced catchup / boxsets etc Sky might detect the Spanish IP address, not like me doing it and block my card . . . . is this correct or have people connected up with a similar setup and had no problems?
Would be good to have the extra options . . . .
I have always assumed that if I were to plug in my box to the internet to get enhanced catchup / boxsets etc Sky might detect the Spanish IP address, not like me doing it and block my card . . . . is this correct or have people connected up with a similar setup and had no problems?
Would be good to have the extra options . . . .
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Re: Sky TV
by Paul - TV Techie » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:15 pm
It won't work straight out of the box.
I have not heard of someone having their card blocked if detected, though it is possible. Your box WILL detect Spanish IP and will simply not allow access to online services - including all on demand and catch up.
It is possible to make the Sky box work, by use of a secondary flashed VPN router, which would need to have a hosted subscription VPN and then daisy chained to your main router. SIMPLE STUFF You can buy this on the web & is an effort to set up the router, so need to prepurchase in that manner or have someone setup who knows what they are doing. We offered a little while back and not much demand and costs start to mount, so most did not find economical.
Also with the advent of more IPTV type services, you can now get much of the type of content you are looking for catch up, on demand as well as the premium type channels with IPTV services from around €20 per month. If you start factoring in multiroom card costs, VPN flashed routers, subscription to VPN service - equation starts to look that may not be the most economical solution.
Paul
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I have not heard of someone having their card blocked if detected, though it is possible. Your box WILL detect Spanish IP and will simply not allow access to online services - including all on demand and catch up.
It is possible to make the Sky box work, by use of a secondary flashed VPN router, which would need to have a hosted subscription VPN and then daisy chained to your main router. SIMPLE STUFF You can buy this on the web & is an effort to set up the router, so need to prepurchase in that manner or have someone setup who knows what they are doing. We offered a little while back and not much demand and costs start to mount, so most did not find economical.
Also with the advent of more IPTV type services, you can now get much of the type of content you are looking for catch up, on demand as well as the premium type channels with IPTV services from around €20 per month. If you start factoring in multiroom card costs, VPN flashed routers, subscription to VPN service - equation starts to look that may not be the most economical solution.
Paul
http://www.televisiontechnology.eu
966783944
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Re: Sky TV
by Babu » Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:17 pm
Paul
Thanks for the reply . . . . . seems I'll just have to live the lifestyle, soak up the sun and socialise instead of watching too much TV . . .damn!!
Thanks for the reply . . . . . seems I'll just have to live the lifestyle, soak up the sun and socialise instead of watching too much TV . . .damn!!
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Re: Sky TV
by PeteKnight » Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:43 pm
I use Smart DNS Proxy to make my Spanish IP address look like a UK one. Works very well and allows access to BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub etc.
https://www.smartdnsproxy.com/?afid=15502ab24903
They do a free 2 week trial, so see if it works for what you want.
Pete.
https://www.smartdnsproxy.com/?afid=15502ab24903
They do a free 2 week trial, so see if it works for what you want.
Pete.
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Re: Sky TV
by walnut » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:59 pm
Babu wrote:Since having our place in Spain I have used a spare Sky Box on our Community dish feed and bring my 2nd Multiroom viewing card out with me when I come and it works fine . . .
I have always assumed that if I were to plug in my box to the internet to get enhanced catchup / boxsets etc Sky might detect the Spanish IP address, not like me doing it and block my card . . . . is this correct or have people connected up with a similar setup and had no problems?
Would be good to have the extra options . . . .
I would suggest you use Paul.TV techie,for any options that are available.I have used their service for ten years and never had a problem that they cannot sort.Complete professional service.
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Re: Sky TV
by Scipio » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:04 am
What areas do they serve.
We use Fresh tv but get fairly frequent problems. They aren't very professional and their customer service is dreadful.
Customer service announcements are often rude and virtually impossible to understand .
We use Fresh tv but get fairly frequent problems. They aren't very professional and their customer service is dreadful.
Customer service announcements are often rude and virtually impossible to understand .
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Re: Sky TV
by Paul - TV Techie » Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:28 am
Hi,
We cover all CB South - and also have technicians based locally.
We offer a comprehensive range of Satellite/TV/IPTV services.
Welcome to call or email for further information.
966783944 or [email protected]
We cover all CB South - and also have technicians based locally.
We offer a comprehensive range of Satellite/TV/IPTV services.
Welcome to call or email for further information.
966783944 or [email protected]
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