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« on: August 15, 2022, 13:04:25 pm »

I live in the UK but over the next year I'll be travelling enough to warrant buying a season pass of iFollow. I have an iFollow account showing my address in the UK. Does anyone know how I can sign up for iFollow so I can get games when I'm off away in these countries?

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OK I think I managed to do it, I had to do it while in USA and using a new browser so it hadn't got any history from UK. It's let me buy from USA and charged me in $. But I could signed in using my same account and UK card details as usual.

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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2022, 13:26:50 pm »

I live in the UK but over the next year I'll be travelling enough to warrant buying a season pass of iFollow. I have an iFollow account showing my address in the UK. Does anyone know how I can sign up for iFollow so I can get games when I'm off away in these countries?
The inter web will know you are in Johnny Foreigner land and let you watch the match.
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2022, 13:29:18 pm »

Manwork is correct.

Just make sure you connect straight from your internet connection rather than using a VPN.

When I was working in Serbia I was using my work VPN on my laptop and they banned my account. When I connected via my phone in the hotel it was fine, although I did have to create a new account.

Also you can pay per game if you are not away that often.
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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2022, 20:23:48 pm »

Get yourself NordVPN and just let them think you are in the UK. I use it to access my William Hill account which is banned in the Fatherland. Also it adds an extra level of protection for your devices(you can use one account to cover them all).
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2022, 20:28:46 pm »

Get yourself NordVPN and just let them think you are in the UK. I use it to access my William Hill account which is banned in the Fatherland. Also it adds an extra level of protection for your devices(you can use one account to cover them all).
yes use a vpn often
In uk though its hard to sign up as being overseas
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« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2022, 20:55:32 pm »

yes use a vpn often
In uk though its hard to sign up as being overseas

Will Hill were the only bookies who would allow me an account when I lived in Germany,  even though we had a British address. 
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2022, 18:52:26 pm »

EFL and ifollow are starting to track and detect VPNs - I have an overseas ifollow account and no problem using it from where I live - but on a visit to the UK I tried it with a VPN (Nord) using a server based in my home country and it didn't work - on their chat line they confirmed they detected the use of a VPN and further transgression would result in account suspension with no refund after accepting my excuse I was simply using the VPN for security protection. Unfortunately the reality is, using a VPN to pretend you are not in the UK is clearly against their terms and conditions and the technology exist to detect use of a VPNs

 
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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2022, 19:26:19 pm »

Will Hill were the only bookies who would allow me an account when I lived in Germany,  even though we had a British address. 

The only problem is of course betting on the horses is illegal for the Krauts.
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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2022, 09:39:49 am »

EFL and ifollow are starting to track and detect VPNs - I have an overseas ifollow account and no problem using it from where I live - but on a visit to the UK I tried it with a VPN (Nord) using a server based in my home country and it didn't work - on their chat line they confirmed they detected the use of a VPN and further transgression would result in account suspension with no refund after accepting my excuse I was simply using the VPN for security protection. Unfortunately the reality is, using a VPN to pretend you are not in the UK is clearly against their terms and conditions and the technology exist to detect use of a VPNs

Funny how they are happy to take the payment every game over VPN without a warning and then block the use of the service once the game starts. Disgusting business practices as per usual.

Using a VPN may be against their terms of service, but businesses taking payment for a service which they know full well they will not be providing, is illegal.
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« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2022, 09:56:32 am »

Funny how they are happy to take the payment every game over VPN without a warning and then block the use of the service once the game starts. Disgusting business practices as per usual.

Using a VPN may be against their terms of service, but businesses taking payment for a service which they know full well they will not be providing, is illegal.
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The EFL have a whole suite of services that clubs have to take, from websites to I follow the list goes on.
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« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2022, 12:19:03 pm »

I don't remember picking up on this but I thought it was interesting especially as it affects us !

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/20256890.efl-clubs-vote-expand-ifollow-streaming-service-2022-23-season/
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« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2022, 08:40:04 am »

I don't remember picking up on this but I thought it was interesting especially as it affects us !

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/20256890.efl-clubs-vote-expand-ifollow-streaming-service-2022-23-season/

Interested in Andy Holt‘s comment which I agree with in that the iFollow concept is flawed - particularly for lower league clubs - for us Johnny foreigners it’s a great deal (yes I know I've got a vested interest here) and generally we are not depriving any club of gate money - but for lower league clubs I think they need to look at prices and availability- for me home games should/could be streamed but at a higher price with a bigger slice going to the club as it is likely to impact the gate money. Away games streamed are less likely to effect gate money significantly and could be offered at a lower price say 50% of that of the home games.

For me iFollow is a fantastic service although I do get back for a lot of home Saturday games but clearly the camera coverage is poor compared to Sky and some of the commentators are a comedy act in respect of what they both say and see.
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« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2022, 10:08:28 am »

Im just grateful for the opportunity to watch the games. Timbo on the audio with Smudger/Walton/Angus et al what's not to like? It will never replace the live game experience though and there is no use pretending it does. So if it were me I would look at putting up games at various prices and seeing the impact on attendances. With clubs desperate for revenue perhaps they will give it a trial. Whilst they are at it I still can't understand why digital programs are on offer as part of the IFollow service?
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« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2022, 12:07:51 pm »

Interested in Andy Holt‘s comment which I agree with in that the iFollow concept is flawed - particularly for lower league clubs - for us Johnny foreigners it’s a great deal (yes I know I've got a vested interest here) and generally we are not depriving any club of gate money - but for lower league clubs I think they need to look at prices and availability- for me home games should/could be streamed but at a higher price with a bigger slice going to the club as it is likely to impact the gate money. Away games streamed are less likely to effect gate money significantly and could be offered at a lower price say 50% of that of the home games.

For me iFollow is a fantastic service although I do get back for a lot of home Saturday games but clearly the camera coverage is poor compared to Sky and some of the commentators are a comedy act in respect of what they both say and see.

It's not so straight forward to calculate revenue loss and revenue gain when it comes to ifollow.

For me personally every pound that I spend on ifollow is additional revenue for 'football'. I have a season ticket and I decide whether or not attend away games based on whether I have the time to travel to the ground, other things going on, the opposition team, the opposition stadium etc. If I decide not to go to an away game, then I might use ifollow to watch, if time permits. I have also paid to use ifollow to watch the odd home game that I already have an actual ticket for. How this money is divided up in the background is not my concern, but what I do know is, that using ifollow has increased my total spend on football.

on the flip side though you have non-season ticket holder families that might decide to stream a home game for £10 if it were available instead of paying £60+ to attend. There are others who may use ifollow availability as a deciding factor when choosing whether to attend away games as well. These scenarios represent lost revenue for football as a whole and for the club.

The key question is what is the balance of the revenue loss scenarios vs the revenue gain scenarios? That is very hard to pinpoint.
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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2022, 13:05:15 pm »

I'm in the same boat as Rebelspawn. Personally I'd much rather be at the ground for a home game and as I have a season ticket that's generally what I do. If I have to miss a game for any reason it's typically because I have something else on and so won't be around to watch it on iFollow anyway.

For away games though, due to a number of factors I've decided to knock them on the head for now but I'd love to be able to watch the Saturday matches on iFollow. Because I wouldn't otherwise go, every penny I spend on those games is money I wouldn't otherwise be spending on football, so in that sense it's an additional revenue stream. As RS rightly points out though, for others it might be a financial decision- why pay for the whole family to get in when we can all watch it at home for a tenner?

Not an easy one to reconcile, really.
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« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2022, 08:42:04 am »

EFL and ifollow are starting to track and detect VPNs - I have an overseas ifollow account and no problem using it from where I live - but on a visit to the UK I tried it with a VPN (Nord) using a server based in my home country and it didn't work - on their chat line they confirmed they detected the use of a VPN and further transgression would result in account suspension with no refund after accepting my excuse I was simply using the VPN for security protection. Unfortunately the reality is, using a VPN to pretend you are not in the UK is clearly against their terms and conditions and the technology exist to detect use of a VPNs

 

Couldn't make it yesterday, first game I've missed so far, so watched on ifollow via Nord VPN with no issues.
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