Is It Worth Their Time To Find a Solution To The EPL Block??

by fooali

if you're a UK resident you will have by now experienced the ISP block at the weekend and if you haven't then you're probably will at some point. Almost all the big IPTV players are affected and at this point i don't know if its wise to believe a provider who says otherwise but if you're interested here's a list floating around for ones that claim they're not affected https://www.reddit.com/r/IPTV/comments/776s8n/iptv_providers_not_requiring_vpn_during_epl_blocks/

Having said all that i've noticed there's been a lack of updates from the community about possible workarounds or reversing the blocks i know ACE has been playing around with a new URL but has since gone quiet on this front and has blatantly been pushing VPN deals lately.

Flawless being the latest to be affected after enjoying a nice run that i'm sure has given them a few more subscribers but i wouldn't want to be in their shoes right now having to explain to average joe bloggs what a VPN is.

I say all this to say that whoever finally breaks the EPL block first will be laughing all the way to the bank BUT i fear that most will just partner with a VPN provider and push their product for a commission and not waste any more time trying to overcome ISP's that are worth billions. Its probably difficult enough to run an IPTV service without the need to dedicate time and money to find a solution that for me personally doesn't require an urgent resolution.

Netflix currently blocks all the Major VPN providers by blacklisting their IP's could ISP's be forced to do the same ? who knows but one thing we do know is that this fight will rumble on and on

Tamar1nd

ISP's are not Netflix to ban VPN's IPs, thats just Netflix doing it as they are exactly NOT an ISP. All ISP do is drop the UDP traffic on source headers, and you're dead, they don't care for IP's, they control ALL your traffic, can filter you as they wish, can say we are not blocking IPTV yet can make it choppy and unwatchable at a flick of the mouse, they own us!

si111

Since the first blocks started at the end of the epl season 2016-17 it has become a learning curve for everyone, epl have a injunction that they can deviate from week by week. my own personal thoughts are that we are all chasing the dragon so to speak with regards to finding a supplier without a block, but I think soon it wont even matter because even with a vpn,the isps will throttle your iptv connection to a inch of its life 24/7.