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‘My IP address reads as being in Croydon’: Sky customers blocked from RTÉ and other Irish channels
Some users found themselves blocked from accessing streaming services geo-restricted to Ireland
Some Irish users of Sky’s broadband and television services may have been confused to learn they were relocated, in a virtual sense at least, to the London suburb of Croydon earlier this month.
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Impacted users told The Irish Times that as well as being denied access to content from the national broadcaster and other streaming services, they also had to endure significant time lags when changing channels, with the Sky system appearing to struggle to work out exactly where they were.