

Anonbde5e

@rr.com Anonbde5e Anon Detecting wrong location via IP on Playstation Vue Just got my WOW 30 Mbps installed yesterday and started setting up Playstation Vue.



Sony's servers are detecting that I live within a Detroit Zip code instead of Columbus. Anyone know why this may be - I think WOW is based in Michigan so maybe this has something to do w/ it?



Any known fix so I can receive the proper local sports channels?

baess

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My IP address used to locate me in Michigan which is two states away. But that got "fixed" a while ago.



»www.iplocation.net/



»whatismyipaddress.com/



I'm sure someone will correct me but how IP addresses are physically located is not standardized. And apparently its not the ISP's fault. Still don't quite understand that aspect but that's what I was told.My IP address used to locate me in Michigan which is two states away. But that got "fixed" a while ago.

Body Count

join:2010-09-11

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If you look at the Vue website there is a FAQ about this already. All you have to do is call into their customer service to correct the issue.



Also get backup power to your modem. If you lose power for an extended period of time, your IP will change thus Sony Vue will stop working because they will think you're moving around with it so that requires another call to them to fix.



tmcb82

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If you call PS Vue @ 877-883-7669 they can do a zip code override as long as the zip code matches your credit card on file.

adam1991

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yeah, pay $40/month to babysit my IP address for their benefit, because they can't figure out a better way to do things?



Bullshit. They can take their service and shove it. That's no way to run a railroad. It's egregious mismanagement and lack of understanding of the basic concepts of how everything works--either that or it's in-your-face, screw-you attitude from people who don't care that their way to control your viewing sucks.



This is the closest thing I can imagine to simply tying yourself to your cableco. Might as well just pay the cableco.



Anonb0264

@rr.com 1 recommendation Anonb0264 Anon Yeah, I'm wondering if it's worth it anymore. I'm saving $5 over medium cable w/ WOW. What is the price of the DVR??

Body Count

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Columbus, OH 1 recommendation Body Count Member WOW DVR is like $10 a month lease.



UltraTV is $20 a month with one media player. $25 with two.

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said by adam1991: yeah, pay $40/month to babysit my IP address for their benefit, because they can't figure out a better way to do things?



Bullshit. They can take their service and shove it. That's no way to run a railroad. It's egregious mismanagement and lack of understanding of the basic concepts of how everything works--either that or it's in-your-face, screw-you attitude from people who don't care that their way to control your viewing sucks.



This is the closest thing I can imagine to simply tying yourself to your cableco. Might as well just pay the cableco. Sony just doesn't want their service to turn into Netflix and HBO where everyone shares their account with the family who live in different houses.

adam1991

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united state 1 recommendation adam1991 Member said by Body Count: said by adam1991: yeah, pay $40/month to babysit my IP address for their benefit, because they can't figure out a better way to do things?



Bullshit. They can take their service and shove it. That's no way to run a railroad. It's egregious mismanagement and lack of understanding of the basic concepts of how everything works--either that or it's in-your-face, screw-you attitude from people who don't care that their way to control your viewing sucks.



This is the closest thing I can imagine to simply tying yourself to your cableco. Might as well just pay the cableco. Sony just doesn't want their service to turn into Netflix and HBO where everyone shares their account with the family who live in different houses.



Nobody else would be able to hijack my service.



That they didn't do this, tells me they're acting more like the cableco than not--they just don't care what hoops you have to jump through, or even if you can use the product. Just pay them money every month.



Regardless, putting your service out in a DHCP environment and then depending on the IP address to validate, is the height of ignorance and/or apathy.



For example, a buddy of mine just got fiber service (after years of DSL). Every few days his gateway would reboot and get a completely different IP address. His old DSL service gave him the same address for years, and everyone had it for ftp purposes. Now he's stuck buying DynDNS or similar if he wants to keep his ftp server available to the outside world.



I can only imagine if he had PS Vue. He'd probably cancel it after a couple "you must call customer service because your fiber gateway rebooted". So do a simple authentication to my phone. If my IP address changes and it stops working, throw up a notice on my screen, and let me click "authenticate" via text. That should be the default behavior.Nobody else would be able to hijack my service.That they didn't do this, tells me they're acting more like the cableco than not--they just don't care what hoops you have to jump through, or even if you can use the product. Just pay them money every month.Regardless, putting your service out in a DHCP environment and then depending on the IP address to validate, is the height of ignorance and/or apathy.For example, a buddy of mine just got fiber service (after years of DSL). Every few days his gateway would reboot and get a completely different IP address. His old DSL service gave him the same address for years, and everyone had it for ftp purposes. Now he's stuck buying DynDNS or similar if he wants to keep his ftp server available to the outside world.I can only imagine if he had PS Vue. He'd probably cancel it after a couple "you must call customer service because your fiber gateway rebooted".

lesmikesell

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Mount Prospect, IL 1 recommendation lesmikesell Member said by adam1991: I can only imagine if he had PS Vue. He'd probably cancel it after a couple "you must call customer service because your fiber gateway rebooted". You'd also have to imagine that the internet provider did such a poor job of managing and reporting their IP ranges that it was impossible to associate them with an approximate location.