- Aug 20, 2006
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Well I dont see a internet forum and networking forum seems to local lan related I decided to post here and if you want to move the thread you can do so.
A few weeks ago as directv now user which I will refer to as DTVN I found out I was only getting 1 local stations which is in RI ABC.
I live in Taunton MA 02780 and when I used DTVN local channel lookup it does say that the local I should receive.
I went on Facebook complaining about this that and was told there are 5 Boston locals avail including ABC, CBS NBC and FOX and I am pretty mad I can watch those locals through DTVN.
So I tried to fix the problem by changing my zip and billing info on the DTVN in chrome and lo and behold after the info I see was changed I still only getting the 1 live ABC local.
One of people mentioned my ip address but they seemed to be talking about if I used DTVN on my mobile phone which in my case dont matter as I am always at my home address so I could not test from a different location anyways.
Tonight I curious to test DTVN using my vpn connecting to NY and as soon I as fired up DTVN on chrome again DVTN thinks I live in NY and gave me all the locals that I been missing which is great to know as using that method I can watch all the networks and getting NY news to watch as well.
So now I know that my ip address trick works unfortunately my vpn provider PIA does not have any Boston servers to use so I could receive all the Boston locals I been waiting to watch so I need a good vpn that has Boston servers to use.
Posting now hoping to figure out the last piece of this puzzle!
A few weeks ago as directv now user which I will refer to as DTVN I found out I was only getting 1 local stations which is in RI ABC.
I live in Taunton MA 02780 and when I used DTVN local channel lookup it does say that the local I should receive.
I went on Facebook complaining about this that and was told there are 5 Boston locals avail including ABC, CBS NBC and FOX and I am pretty mad I can watch those locals through DTVN.
So I tried to fix the problem by changing my zip and billing info on the DTVN in chrome and lo and behold after the info I see was changed I still only getting the 1 live ABC local.
One of people mentioned my ip address but they seemed to be talking about if I used DTVN on my mobile phone which in my case dont matter as I am always at my home address so I could not test from a different location anyways.
Tonight I curious to test DTVN using my vpn connecting to NY and as soon I as fired up DTVN on chrome again DVTN thinks I live in NY and gave me all the locals that I been missing which is great to know as using that method I can watch all the networks and getting NY news to watch as well.
So now I know that my ip address trick works unfortunately my vpn provider PIA does not have any Boston servers to use so I could receive all the Boston locals I been waiting to watch so I need a good vpn that has Boston servers to use.
Posting now hoping to figure out the last piece of this puzzle!