How to Watch ABC Go outside US – VPN or DNS ?
Watch ABC Go outside US – Warming Up
“Error Code: 403-1; You appear to be outside the United States or its territories.” That is the geo-error you receive when attempting to watch ABC Go outside USA. In order to trick ABC to think you currently reside in the United States, you have to mask your real online location.
As said if you want to watch “Dancing With The Stars” or “Scandal” or simply ABC Live you need to use VPN or Smart DNS Proxies. Either method has its benefits which are going to be explained below. You should choose either VPN or Smart DNS based on the following :
- What do you need more Speed or Privacy “Encryption”
- Which countries and channels apart from ABC do you want unblocked?
- What device do you want to watch ABC Go on “Supported devices are MAC/PC browsers, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, Android, Kindle Fire, Apple TV and Windows 8“
- Note: You need a valid US cable subscription to watch live, otherwise the content can still be watched but after one week.
Watch ABC Go outside US – VPN?
- VPN encrypts all your traffic on the configured device, then it tunnels ALL that traffic to the USA “Given you chose a VPN server in the USA”
- Additionally, VPN encryption and tunneling results in roughly a 10% speed hit, but it does add privacy and protection.
- VPN works for all ABC Go supported devices except Apple TV. ExpressVPN provides apps for all the other devices to make the setup and connecting a walk in the park.
- All other US sites will be unblocked on the configured device.
Due to the great and easy to use VPN apps, their great support, and speeds, I am vouching for ExpressVPN. If you do use another VPN provider with great results please share.
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Watch ABC Go outside US – Smart DNS Proxy?
Smart DNS is a relatively new technology, it emerged as an answer to the many regional and location blocks sites were applying worldwide. Before Smart DNS users would mostly use VPN. However a lot of the newer devices do not support VPN “Apple TV, Roku, Smart TVs, Blue Ray Players“, that was another reason why Smart DNS emerged. Smart DNS is basically a bunch of different technologies that were pre-existent that were put together to provide a new service that was not existent before.
- Smart DNS only re-routes the relevant geo-aware parts of your traffic, all other traffic is untouched.
- No speed hit, and local channels are unaffected
- You can watch ABC Go, American Netflix, BBC Iplayer and Pluzz in France at the same time. Smart DNS does not lock you down to one location.
- Smart DNS is easy to set up and works on all of your devices, all that is needed is a change of DNS IP “A 1-minute setup that is properly documented in howtos of providers”.
I personally do use Unlocator on my router “This automatically enables all devices in the household”. If you want to give them a try go ahead and get a 7-day full trial “Fully enabled with great support”.
Watch ABC outside the USA – Unblock with Smart DNS or VPN
In short, it is either VPN or Smart DNS, please share your experiences and let me know if it worked out for you.
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ABC Go does NOT work with Nord or Express VPN
That’s weird. What device are you using?
anonymous vpn doesn’t work… fyi
Using Unlocator. However, they have confimed they do not support abc.go.com Live streaming, only ondemand wich pretty much what you get in Hulu or other services. Anyone has tested other providers with the Live streaming service of ABC Go?
How do you get a subscription number outside USA so you can assess all the programs on abc go?
The Unlocator website now states to watch ABC GO you need a cable subscription. So forget about using Unlocator.
An American cable subscription has always been needed in order to sign into ABC Go regardless of whether you’re using Unlocator, ExpressVPN, or any other location spoofing technique. You can watch selected videos on ABC Go without the need for a cable subscription though.
Very disappointed by this article. On Unlocator they ask for the credit card even if you ask for the free trial. On Itunes even if you choose to create a new Apple account they stuck you with the credit card informations and they ask if it’s from the US or not. Your article is lousy.
Hello Leila. Sorry to hear you ran into these issues. Regarding Unlocator, get in touch with Unlocator support regarding their free trial. I’m sure they’ll sort the issue out. As for iTunes, you should be able to create an American App Store account without the need for a credit card if you follow this guide: https://thevpn.guru/change-itunes-app-store-region-usa-iphone-ipad-download-apps-no-credit-card
Let me know how it goes.
Nord VPN has servers set up to work on Hulu or Netflix. These work until they get caught then they need to change. After 4 years of using VPN (I have used Express, Strong and Nord) its just not very good anymore, I am afraid that Netflix, Hulu etc have waged war on VPN. Either setup a VPN Router or Server in a US Location like your house or a friends or use Smart DNS which seems to work better than VPN now.
Purevpn is still working. u can try that one. Its what i have been using
I tried watching abc with tunnel bear, in order to d/l abc app from App Store, it switches to US APP store, & I am not able to d/ l
Any suggestions?
Hello Linda. To solve that issue, you simply have to create an American Apple ID. Follow these instructions.
I used tunnelbear…….the previous note of “you are outside US ” is replaced by “contact your network provider”?
Hello Abhishek. The only suggestion I can give you is switching to Unlocator since they still support watching ABC outside USA.
You never explained how to access ABC. The only thing you did was plug VPNs…????? I have used HMA for years in Doha and the UK. So… how do I access ABC to watch a college football game? REally now
Hello Steve. On what device do you want to watch ABC?
hello Isso ..how can i watch abc on a normal pc with windows 10 .I’ve tried ipvanish didn’t work .thanks
Hello Dalia. Use Unlocator instead. They’re 100% working with ABC GO.
I’ve tried unlocator to watch ABC and still getting ‘you are outside of the USA’ message?
Hello Chris. There was a small issue with ABC that Unlocator has since resolved. You should be able to watch ABC Go outside USA using Unlocator now.
How do I get my free 7 day trial without giving you my credit card info?
You dont need to submit credit card info, I double checked. Maybe you contact their suport ?
Abc app does not work with vpn I use the surfeasy vpn app on iPhone and I can’t watch anything
Hi. I’ve tested it with ExpressVPN and it is working. Alternatively you could use Smart DNS which also unblocks ABC outside US on iPhone.
I can no longer watch ABC shows via a VPN Proxy. Apparently HULU/ABC is now blocking VPN users. At least that is what Playon techsupport is telling me and it seams to be confirmed by others on forums.
True, Unlocator still works for Hulu though and ABC
Thanks for the information!
You are welcome!