Foxtel Set Top Box Sharing/Portable Boxes

InLaymansTerms on 02/10/2021 - 08:51
Last edited 02/10/2021 - 17:08 by 1 other user

Hey team,

I’m curious if people still share set top boxes or use them in alternative locations such as when they travel to a holiday home or airBNB.

I know in the past I knew of a group of guys at work who paid for the top plan between 4 of them had one box each at their respective homes to save a bit of cheddar.

Or if anyone takes their Foxtel box to alternative locations? A friend of mine back in the day used to bring his Foxtel box to another friends house just to watch the NRL grand finals.
I know that both locations had to either be cable or satellite.

Just wondering if anyone here does that these days?

My in-laws have Foxtel and I was thinking of asking them to get an extra box or maybe signing up myself and finding a friend who wants to share a plan with me.

Just seeing who knows what the state of the Foxtel work is these days.
With iQ5 around the corner I’m keen.

I’m aware the new iQ5 boxes are satellite or fully IP but personally I prefer to keep the load off my internet connection. Also from what I can tell you will get a slightly better 4K image from satellite without bandwidth scaling.

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Comments

  • Mechz on 02/10/2021 - 09:16
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    The grand finals aren't live on Foxtel (and never have been due to anti syphoning) so why would you bother?

    All your questions are answered on Whirlpool.

    • WreckTangle on 02/10/2021 - 09:23
      +2

      Its not a good reply when your OZ B recommendation is just to go look at another website

      • Mechz on 02/10/2021 - 09:24
        -1

        So I should do your googling for you? Righto.

    • InLaymansTerms on 02/10/2021 - 09:47
      +2

      The time you wasted on an irrelevant unhelpful post baffles me.

      I think you know the point of this question.

      Regardless of the NRL the question still stands.

  • dennycrane on 02/10/2021 - 09:51

    I've a second box in an alternate location with IQ4 boxes.

    No issues yet though I have wondered whether I would run into that problem soon given all the boxes are connected to the internet now. I'm interested if anyone has qualified advice here too.

    • InLaymansTerms on 02/10/2021 - 10:04

      Interesting.
      So I’m assuming your both satellite?

      How long have they been plugged into the internet for now?

      Do you mind if I ask how far apart the boxes are, distance wise?

      Do you know if the main event trick still works where if you call up on the phone to order it, rather than using the box to purchase it, all the boxes will be able to access the PPV?

      Cheers mate.

      • dennycrane on 02/10/2021 - 16:59

        Both satellite about 5km apart. Been going about 10 months now.

        Haven't tried the Main Event trick, sorry.

  • Diji1 on 02/10/2021 - 11:37

    If you can set up Foxtel on your home computer you could stream it using Remote Desktop or VNC with video streaming.

    You'd have to either leave the computer on at home or setup remote admininstration to turn it on via router (which isn't a trivial task usually).

    Quality will noticeably suffer.

    EDIT: actually can't you do Foxtel on tablets? I have no idea.

  • pharkurnell on 02/10/2021 - 12:01

    People still put up with Repeat-tel I mean Foxtel ? scrapped it few mths ago, best thing i ever did..

    It certainly isnt what it started off as….
    Let ya mate pay for it and go watch the games there.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 02/10/2021 - 13:08

    What exactly is it you are wanting to watch on Foxtel that you can't get from other streaming services? ie a combination of Kayo & Netflix, and free ABC iView and other free streaming should easily give you more and better content than Foxtel for far cheaper.

    If your inlaws already have Foxtel then you should be able to setup additional Foxtel Go accounts (not to be confused with Foxtel Now) via their subscription and you could log in that way for free and get most of the content. Google the method but note I believe they are shutting it down in the next year or so.

    The account sharing with an additional box only works (to my knowledge) with satellite these days, and you have to go through the convulated process of signing up your property, getting the dish and box install, cancel, order an additional box and installation for your inlaws (pretty sure they don't allow DIY install for additional boxes anymore for this reason). If either property is cable then you're SOOL unfortunately, they can tell if your line is being used to your property by a valid box when there is no active account.

    Happy to be corrected for any of the above as everyone I know including myself ditched Foxtel for Kayo years back as we really only wanted Sports.

  • Yorkshire-Man on 02/10/2021 - 13:25

    We ditched foxtel around a year ago and invested in Netflix, Stan & Disney+. The cost was heaps less and the quality of the content was far better. The main difference is I'm now not paying $100 a month for a service that forces me to watch adverts every 10mins.

    I would personally never go back.

  • InLaymansTerms on 03/10/2021 - 09:37

    Im not THAT keen on Foxtel but my partner loves it, plus I am big on sports and find the quality of Kayo isn't as good as the one Foxtel 4K sports channel. Its enough for me.

  • InLaymansTerms on 12/03/2023 - 21:17

    Just bumping this thread.

    Has anyone managed to get a second iq box without having to pay the $199 equipment fee?

    • mrbargainhunter on 15/12/2023 - 09:21

      Hey,
      Curious if you tried this with a second IQ5 box and how it went?

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