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Orange Blooded [3338]
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blackout workaround help
Aug 6, 2019, 6:25 PM
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I am signing up for PS Vue. In the beginning, while signing up, it asks for a Zip Code. This is how it decides what market you are in.
You can't use a VPN with Vue, it gives an error. So, I need to decide what location to tell PS Vue that I am in to avoid running in to a blackout later.
I'm trying to figure out the best location to tell it. Alaska? Hawaii? I don't want to inadvertently black out a Clemson game in California (Rose bowl or something) or any other state.
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CU Medallion [52154]
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North Dakota
Aug 6, 2019, 6:57 PM
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Does anyone actually live there?
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110%er [8082]
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or Ohio
Aug 7, 2019, 5:20 AM
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Nobody lives there either
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Orange Blooded [3338]
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Re: or Ohio
Aug 12, 2019, 9:05 AM
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Because they're all in Myrtle Beach?
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Orange Blooded [2939]
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One of the fastest growing states a few years ago. Oil is
Aug 7, 2019, 9:06 AM
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bringing in $$$ followed by workers and major inflation to the area. McDonald's Big Mac meals were close to double digits several years ago. I have no idea now.
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Orange Blooded [2939]
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fwiw I was referring to ND not Ohio nm***
Aug 7, 2019, 9:08 AM
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Orange Blooded [3338]
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I went with Alaska
Aug 6, 2019, 7:22 PM
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Elmendorf Air Force Base, to be more precise.
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Orange Blooded [2341]
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Re: I went with Alaska
Aug 7, 2019, 7:09 AM
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You will now get Alaska local channels. However, it will determine you are not in Alaska by your internet providers information and lock your account until you actually are in Alaska.
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Orange Blooded [3338]
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Re: I went with Alaska
Aug 12, 2019, 9:01 AM
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It didn't lock the account. It gives me Greenville channels based off of my ISP IP. I have tried Winscribe, Nordic, and Turbo VPNs. All are detected and cause me to not be able to view.
End result: It didn't help to say I was in Alaska
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Re: blackout workaround help
Aug 7, 2019, 7:29 AM
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Be careful. I used to live in Memphis, and I could never get an ACC game while living there, unless it was on ESPN. All the other channels only showed SEC contests. I had to use the internet just to keep track of the scores. That was many years ago though, so maybe it's no longer an issue. Maybe you could CHANGE your zip code later, as if you had made a mistake initially. Not sure.
Here's a thought. While researching these streaming sites, they indicated I could take my Roku with me while traveling, and still use it. I guess the streaming site would still use your entered zip code, and not use the zip code you were actually located in, but I'm not sure how that would work.
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Re: blackout workaround help
Aug 7, 2019, 7:43 AM
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Good choice to select PSVue. It's the only one with NFL Network, NFL Red Zone, NHL Network, and also ACC Network Extra.
Bad choice to not select your actual location. You should call them up and switch that, before you do get blacked out - for not being where you signed up for the service.
You will never miss a game on a national network (Rose Bowl, etc.), no matter where you are. Sometimes during the season there will be games that are either on ESPN or ABC, depending on where you live in the country. But both of the games are on those two stations. It just depends where you live as far as which one of those stations the game will be on. I believe ESPN calls this scenario a reverse mirror.
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Orange Blooded [3338]
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Good point
Aug 12, 2019, 9:04 AM
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If it's blacked out, it's because it's carried by a competing (yet still available) channel, to which I will also have access.
It didn't matter that I put Alaska as my residence anyway. It still shows local Greenville channels based off my ISP IP.
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Re: blackout workaround help
Aug 12, 2019, 12:51 PM
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So, PSVUE will have ACC Network and ACC Network extra? Please excuse my ignorance.
TIA
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Try a different VPN.***
Aug 7, 2019, 8:25 AM
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YouTube TV is now carrying the ACCN***
Aug 7, 2019, 8:46 AM
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You can change your location at any time. Allows you to
Aug 7, 2019, 8:49 AM
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travel with your subscription. But if you don't care about watching your local network stations, it really does not matter what you chose or where you use it.
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Re: blackout workaround help
Aug 12, 2019, 1:19 PM
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I have PS Vue and have never been blacked out of any Clemson football / basketball, Panthers football, or Atlanta Braves games. I live in Clemson FWIW.
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