Afrihost and netflix

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Croatoa

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Does afrihost block netflix? I ran out of data on webafrica so decided to switch over to my backup account which is with afrihost, everything works besides netflix i can ping the site and get a response back but if i try to browse the site i get page cannot be displayed
 
Just got this message so i guess they are blocking it, and this is why they will always just remain my 1gig backup account

The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.netflixfreetrial.com/

Access Denied.

Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is incorrect.

Your cache administrator is webmaster.
 
i did a tracert to the netflix server and then copied and pasted the link just for a matter of interest sake to see if it would work, I normally use netflix.com but both dont work

Tracing route to netflix.com [69.53.236.17]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 33 ms 54 ms 25 ms 105-236-14-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.
14.65]
3 78 ms 103 ms 80 ms ipc-recieve-rb-2a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178
.65]
4 122 ms 149 ms 119 ms rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
6]
5 51 ms 121 ms 25 ms jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-b.mtnns.net [196.44.31.17
1]
6 73 ms 91 ms 50 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165
.115]
7 200 ms 209 ms 239 ms TenGigabitEthernet8-2.ar6.LON3.gblx.net [208.48.
238.185]
8 272 ms 325 ms 302 ms lag3.csr2.DCA3.gblx.net [67.16.166.234]
9 302 ms 312 ms 356 ms lag2-50G.ar7.DCA3.gblx.net [67.16.146.30]
10 308 ms 282 ms 292 ms 206.111.0.145.ptr.us.xo.net [206.111.0.145]
11 348 ms 337 ms 353 ms 207.88.14.162.ptr.us.xo.net [207.88.14.162]
12 358 ms 364 ms 371 ms te-11-0-0.rar3.sanjose-ca.us.xo.net [207.88.12.6
9]
13 369 ms 410 ms 439 ms ae0.cir1.sanjose2-ca.us.xo.net [207.88.13.73]
14 513 ms 619 ms 590 ms 216.156.85.46.ptr.us.xo.net [216.156.85.46]
15 581 ms 391 ms 437 ms xe-2-2-0-954.jnrt-edge01.prod1.netflix.com [69.5
3.225.26]
16 465 ms 555 ms 457 ms te1-8.csrt-agg01.prod1.netflix.com [69.53.225.6]

17 488 ms 556 ms 533 ms netflixfreetrial.com [69.53.236.17]

Trace complete.
 
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This seems more like a you problem. I'm on afrihost and netflix works 100%
 
Just now turned on the Amazon Fire TV. No problems at all in accessing Netflix. As others have pointed out, it's obviously a problem on your side.
 
Vernon said:
Just now turned on the Amazon Fire TV. No problems at all in accessing Netflix. As others have pointed out, it's obviously a problem on your side.
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well not gonna bother with it then i dont normally use afrihost, worked fine last night using webafrica if it still dont work tomorrow when i back on webafrica then i will then start problem solving

@Ianf1 i dont use unotelly iam using a browser app called mediahint
 
Croatoa said:
Does afrihost block netflix? I ran out of data on webafrica so decided to switch over to my backup account which is with afrihost, everything works besides netflix i can ping the site and get a response back but if i try to browse the site i get page cannot be displayed
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We definitely don't block netflix, many clients use it and other major streaming services. Please do note that Netflix do not offer services in South Africa, so they do block services from their side to DNS they locate to regions outside of their service. Many clients make use of service like UnoTelly, however we cannot endorse that service officially.
 
AfriMan said:
We definitely don't block netflix, many clients use it and other major streaming services. Please do note that Netflix do not offer services in South Africa, so they do block services from their side to DNS they locate to regions outside of their service. Many clients make use of service like UnoTelly, however we cannot endorse that service officially.
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You will get a different message than the OP was getting if it was being blocked by DNS region restriction. the actual "service" was being blocked not the site according to the message above.
 
While Afrihost might totally suck at the moment, they certainly dont block Netflix.

Though with the capacity issues they are having, I hope you enjoy streaming at like 240p ;)
 
techead said:
While Afrihost might totally suck at the moment, they certainly dont block Netflix.

Though with the capacity issues they are having, I hope you enjoy streaming at like 240p ;)
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Now that the Southern IPC upgrade is in place, things should start improving in that respect. :)
 
Oh so there IS a capacity problem?
I m a client, on a capped package. I found that going capped is the only way around unethical practices from the ISPs.
When do you realistically expect to resolve the capacity problem?
 
AfriGenie said:
Now that the Southern IPC upgrade is in place, things should start improving in that respect. :)
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No, it didn't. Neither capped nor uncapped was able to stream anything close to HD from Netflix last night. Had to switch accounts to be able to watch.
 
I was able to stream pretty well for most of the day today, only had a single hitch which was probably a Unotelly issue.
 
Koosi said:
Oh so there IS a capacity problem?
I m a client, on a capped package. I found that going capped is the only way around unethical practices from the ISPs.
When do you realistically expect to resolve the capacity problem?
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While demand definitely was higher, we did our absolute best to provide the best overall experience :(
All regions have seen an upgrade though, so services should return to normal.
 
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