Pretty much - closer you are to the server as the crow flies more often you'll be better off. That said, I reckon European internet infrastructure would be good enough that you could go just about anywhere and not see a problem with the stream.

Cheers. I'll give them a shot. A real newbie to this stuff. So proximity to the server location affects speed?

Slovakia is my nearest but Czech or France also work. Those in Australia should use Japan.

Just sorted a VPN. NordVPN. Works a treat and picked Romania first as they apparently have fast internet there. Germany gets a game a week but now I can watch much more. Which countries do you use?

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At least she's on OptusSport so I get my Mel fix :) but I like Tara as well But Mel....yes yes yes.

OH MY GAWD THIS SO MUCH

jfc I pay a monthly sub, there should NOT be the same amount of ads as FTA. Bring on the streaming revolution.

True story.
Also, is it me or does foxtel play more ads on there to channels then FTA stations?

I boycott Foxtel because it's owned by Murdoch, so streams are the only option...

Im not watching Football on my Telstra phone, it won't even allow me to watch on my iPad mini as it is over the 7 inch limit.

I've got a 82 inch 4K tv sitting in my living room to watch football, offer me a stand alone football app with decent resolution for Apple TV and ill take it.

people will pay for it, just need a standalone product with access to unlimited screen size

We want Mel back. 

You guys are missing out on some Tara rushton

After reading through this I realised that I am well covered because I have a Telstra phone as well as an Optus phone.

My Foxtel sub is on life support.  They reduced it to $39 just to have the A League on (HD).  Now I get a letter that tells me they are increasing the monthly fee because the cricket or something will be on FHD. Really?  I am supposed to now pay more for something I don't want, something I can't use and am supposed to pay it just because?

They gave me a couple of weeks of every channel recently for free.  It simply proved to me that they have nothing I want to watch on at any time I might be interested in watching it.

It's definitely gone after the season.  No way back. 

Some tool will say it's because the A League has gone backward or the FFA or somesuch.  It's not.  It's Foxtel and their pricing and their programming and the knowledge that I owe the Murdochs absolutely nothing.

Ill give it a go, but I expect Luxembourg will be a tad quicker since its closer to my location

Basic SKY TV NZ + Sports is $63.62 a month!!. 

If youre in Europe use a VPN and connect to Luxembourg

Beer, Reclined arm chair and fox. it's really the only reason I have a sub. The youtube with vpn sounds like a viable alternative 

I can't wait for the day a streaming service picks up the rights and I can stop paying Foxtel. Come on Optus, I will even switch phone providers :)

Same set up as you. I ended up buying a Chromecast for $60 due to no Xbox App. They used to have one, but didn't update it when it became Foxtel Now (used to be Foxtel Play - app still exists I think but is shit). The Chromecast works flawlessly in full HD, whereas the old Xbox app was only SD and stuttered alot. They are now raising the prices of the Now service so it will be $53 (doesn't apply to existing customers). This may affect your cancel at the end of season and resume the next season pricing.

I agree mate, foxtel need to get better with this on demand service, they are happy to show things live on foxtel now at 720P HD, but when you want to catch up, its held on their servers as really bad SD.  Which is terrible to watch on large screens.

I had been waiting for them to upgrade the foxtel play apps on either the xbox or samsung tv and has not been forthcoming at all.  My last international trip with work, picked up a playstation so I can enjoy it now.  But yes truly bizarre they have been so slow to implement, Optus Sport seemed like they got out to every platform just prior to the world cup.

Optus Sport which I found I get for free with my service I use is brilliant, I don't really watch a lot of the overseas leagues or cricket.  But when I've put it on while at work with my team, it's been fantastic.

I subbed to FOX now and play it from the playstation so i can watch it on the TV.

For some reason they don't have an Apple TV app or an Xbox app, so you can only use it from the playstation if you want to watch it on the TV. Bizzare.

FOX now leaves a lot to desired though. It is supposed to be an "on demand" service but i when i went to watch the Friday night game after it aired live, there was no replay or catchup option. The next time it aired was 4am Saturday morning which is ridiculous.

Optus blows FOX out of the water with their service.

Optus has the game on demand as soon as it's finished live, not long after has the mini match option and short highlight option.

If FOX don't pick up their act, they are going to lose subs year on year as their competition leaves them in the dust.

Spend the $39/month to use the Foxtel Now service across playstation, web browser and phone apps.  It works well for me since everything FFA Cup, A-League, Asian Champions League, NBL, NBA and Supercars are all in the one place.

If the My Football app could do fullscreen (65 inch) as I understand it's under the same restrictions as the NRL and AFL apps with the 7 inch limitation.  I would be on their at the price point they are at.  I would then get NBA tv as well and I would then be paying less per year than I am with Foxtel.  

I used to do the illegal streaming thing a long time ago, but quality was very miss and often listening to games in foreign languages was interesting. But decided to get foxtel as I never enjoyed the free to air experience.  But usually once the A-League hits offseason and my NBA team are out of the running, I will cancel subscription until it all begins again a couple of months later when the FFA Cup R32 begins.

Only difference is that, if you were with Telstra (and thus had MyFootball access) it'd be data free on your mobile data, which is a nice perk.

yeah i tried logging in with my Foxtel Go password and didn't work. it should considering Telstra own half of Foxtel. still have Foxtel Go of course, so probably not much difference. 

Don't believe so - streams are locked behind the Telstra account.

can you access the my football app for free if you have foxtel? I have foxtel, but not a telstra account. 

FMD.  Nevermind

Telstra/My Football app.

Whos stealing a product? The stream is legal. 

Not whinging, just pointing out that people not wanting to pay for a product have every right to do so as consumers. To steal the product (via illegal streams etc) and then continue to bag it, is the height of hypocrisy.