Disney+ Geolocation issues

Wed Nov 13 14:49:18 UTC 2019

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 at 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....
> 
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