The definitive guide to Netflix and Hulu in South Africa

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Netflix bros! What is the best region to get the most content? Or is using the US pretty much the same as any other?

With unotelly you can change regions. Just use moreflicks to find which region the movie is you wanna watch.
 

Agent_Smith

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Been having a bizarre issue on Netflix recently. When loading a movie, the revolving red circle just keeps turning and the movie doesn't load at all. I have tried various regions, I've also tried different global servers and the other usual things like update my IP, reset the router, clear browsing history, reload the page etc etc. :confused:

Anyone else having this issue or have a suggestion as to what to try? At my wits end with Netflix now...

EDIT: It appears to play movies fine in Firefox, just not in Chrome. Must be a plugin or something that is failing on playback...
 
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Madaboutbullterriers

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Good morning,
I need some help please I have just got a roku 3 and set it up with unotelly and a brand new netgear router n600 – everything is working as it should apart from Netflix it says it is not available in my region – can you please tell me what to do to get this working - thanks
 

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Good morning,
I need some help please I have just got a roku 3 and set it up with unotelly and a brand new netgear router n600 – everything is working as it should apart from Netflix it says it is not available in my region – can you please tell me what to do to get this working - thanks

If you didn't setup your Unotelly account using a VPN your account will get flagged as ZA.
 

bwana

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If you didn't setup your Unotelly account using a VPN your account will get flagged as ZA.
I thought the whole point of Unotelly was…

But perhaps you meant his Roku account?
 

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I think I have figured out the problem - Netflix def works on my ipad I then contacted unotelly and they told me to enter some static ip addresses into my router - haven't had a chance to do this yet but will do later - so wish me luck :)
 

tigertim

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Been having a bizarre issue on Netflix recently. When loading a movie, the revolving red circle just keeps turning and the movie doesn't load at all. I have tried various regions, I've also tried different global servers and the other usual things like update my IP, reset the router, clear browsing history, reload the page etc etc. :confused:

Anyone else having this issue or have a suggestion as to what to try? At my wits end with Netflix now...

EDIT: It appears to play movies fine in Firefox, just not in Chrome. Must be a plugin or something that is failing on playback...

I have same problem - can get it working with iexplorer but speeds are nothing like they used to be - speed only 375 kps. I note Unotelly have a support ticket but doesnt really help. I think its being throttled at ISP or higher level (I am with Afrihost).

http://help.unotelly.com/support/articles/182353-heavy-buffering-in-south
 

bwana

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I think I have figured out the problem - Netflix def works on my ipad I then contacted unotelly and they told me to enter some static ip addresses into my router - haven't had a chance to do this yet but will do later - so wish me luck :)

If you go to https://quickstart3.unotelly.com/quickstart you'll see if everything is working as it should be, or not.

I assume they told you to enter static IP addresses for the DNS on your router?
 

Skoolbus

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Hi there

Is anyone using unotelly and netflix on neotel LTE?

ADSL in my area have become unusable and i'm looking at alternatives. Unotelly states they don't support 3G/4G. Suppose LTE falls into this category? Or am i not understanding it correctly.
 
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isie

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Hi there

Is anyone using unotelly and netflix on neotel LTE?

ADSL in my area have become unusable and i'm looking at alternatives. Unotelly states they don't support 3G/4G. Suppose LTE falls into this category? Or am i not understanding it correctly.

yep LTE falls under the 3G/4G banner, also i would not ever use streaming service on mobile internet - go out of bundle and OOB shark is a killer
 

Lion3rd

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I'm living your issue, unotelly doesn't work and countless forums have been unable to help.
I'm on 8ta LTE and OOB is no issue since it's an opt in.
 

The Stig 2.0

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Hi i'm having a problem and need help with getting netflix to accept my payment methods... Capitec card doesn't work, Absa CC doesn't work either. :(
Is there anything need to do specifically to get them to work?

I also tried using an entropay card, but they also didn't like that card...

Is there anything else i can try?
 

SL1v3R

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Hi i'm having a problem and need help with getting netflix to accept my payment methods... Capitec card doesn't work, Absa CC doesn't work either. :(
Is there anything need to do specifically to get them to work?

I also tried using an entropay card, but they also didn't like that card...

Is there anything else i can try?

Did you try using an SA PayPal account at any point? If so then your email address will be blacklisted. Try signing up with a new email address then. If that's not the issue then find a us postal code that ends with the same 4 digits that is on your credit card statement eg SA code 7800 then find valid us code like 97800
 
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