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Postby Enrique » Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:45 pm

Hi,
FYI: All services up and running.

Anyone still have their Account , I can't check it out from my current location.
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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby markwilding » Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:59 pm

I was thinking of going back but although they had fixed the BBC, SkyGo was down.

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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby El Cid » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:24 am

They have fixed the BBC problem many times before and it has only lasted a short time before the BBC took action to stop it.

No guarantee it wont happen again. There are plenty of other much more stable options available as has been discussed at length.

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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby TorreDelAguila » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:04 am

That's my reaction, too.
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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby brimsham » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:25 pm

Like many other I subscribed to Smart DNS, which has proved very reliable. The slight drawback is the access is to Netflix USA, which has some releases much later than the UK version and for that reason I may renew my subscription with Smarty when up for renewal.

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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby markwilding » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:48 pm

I'm not clear if your post says you prefer the USA Netflix or not. If you want to change it back to Spain or UK, it can be changed in the settings.
Sign in, go to regions, then click the Netflix off tab.

It's possible to change various websites region settings on the page.

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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby brimsham » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:06 pm

Hi Mark,
It's not that I prefer one more than the other, both have certain benefits. However on Netflix I only get the option for the US site. I spoke to their support and he said they don't unblock UK Netflix. If that is not the case I stand corrected.

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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby markwilding » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:24 pm

They don't unblock the UK Netflix, only the USA one. More often and not the region settings don't work apart from Smart DNS' USA setting. I have changed the settings to UK in UnblockUs but I'm still getting the Spanish site.

I think Smart DNS is one of the only ones that can circumnavigate the geo-blocking.
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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby brimsham » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:27 pm

Thanks.

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Re: SmartyDNS

Postby patricia » Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:50 am

Just to say there is a SmartyDNS and a Smart DND - without the y - and the are different companies. The one without the y seems to be the most reliable one. As mentioned SmartyDNS sort out the BBC and it lasts for a short while and then it goes again.
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