MLB TV doesnt work through 5g home internet

The fix is to use a wireless router which does have a fixed IP address.  I used an old router and now it works fine.  I just sign into the router's wifi signal amd it send the IP address through the T-Moblle modem.  Its a good, cheap workaround, but hopefully Tmobile will fix the issue in the next generation of modems.

I've also run into this issue. Pretty frustrating as MLB.tv is one of the perks I enjoy most about being on Tmobile. The speeds I get are fantastic, and the service has been great so far, but my public IP address being all the way in Chicago really hinders my ability to watch Cubs baseball in Arkansas. Maybe Tmobile can revisit with MLB about their sponsorship and get them to allow their mobile internet users to not be blacked out? Sounds like a good selling point for their home internet service. Or just fix the public IP issue..whichever would be great.

zbabichb wrote:

... throws an error if I am connected to the 5g home internet network.

What error is thrown?  Details help.

Watched MLB.TV yesterday, April 9, streamed from Tmobile Internet with no problems.

Today, April 10, can only watch on my phone with wifi off (not connected to my Tmobile Internet). All devices through Tmobile Internet are not loading. (and I made sure to stop the stream on my phone before trying again on other devices).

I’m in Twin Cities, attempting to watch Cubs-Brewers (outside of the blackout for those 2 teams, and watched their game yesterday with no issues.)

When attempting to start mlb.tv from iPhone app getting error message: 

MLB.TV

There was a problem.

Please try again. Contact

support if this problem

persists.

Also attempted to login through Apple TV with MLB app on that device:

“The content you requested is not available.

Intenta nuevamente más tarde. Contact support if this problem persists." 

Attempted on Mac with Chrome and get message:

{"status":406,"message":"Not Acceptable"}

Hope this helps to resolve the issue. Can't believe Tmobile would partner with MLB.TV and not have it work with Tmobile Internet.

MLB.TV seems confused about my location when I'm on home internet.  I'm not sure how to fix it.  It seems to think it is blacked out in my area.

We were trying to watch the Cubs vs cardinals tonight and it wouldn't let us on Tmobile internet. If we turned off wi-fi we could. Plus, the game was a free game. Looking into why this is happening.

I spoke to texh support yesterday and they said they have a "known issue" with some streaming channels due to the inability to furnish an IP Address location, or something like that.  I asked them to ha e someone contact me to  tell me what the fix or the prognosis is.  Im gkad Im in my free month so i can cancel if it doesn't work.

peterell wrote:

I spoke to texh support yesterday and they said they have a "known issue" with some streaming channels due to the inability to furnish an IP Address location, or something like that.  I asked them to ha e someone contact me to  tell me what the fix or the prognosis is.  Im gkad Im in my free month so i can cancel if it doesn't work.

That appears to be a legit explanation. All major league sports have local broadcasting policies and restrictions so the apps need to know where you are physically watching, at least within a zip code of accuracy. On smartphones that's not an issue because the apps rely on GPS location. For home internet, apps started using the public IP address of your router to give an approximate location since most laptops and PCs don't have GPS capability. For TMO gateway device, it's basically a cellphone and even has GPS built in so that TMO can make sure you don't use your gateway outside your home.

The way the cell networks work makes public IP geolocation extremely inaccurate and can be 100s of miles away form your physical location. Even as I type this, my public TMO IP says I am 180 miles south of where I am physically located.

There are a couple solutions for this:

• TMO figure out how to assign public IPs that are accurate to your physical location. TMO already knows where you are because the gateways have GPS.
• Browsers and apps abandon public IP for geolocation and use GPS instead. There are apps that do this. For example on YoutubeTV, when you want to set your geolocation from your laptop or streaming device, it will ask you to login to your smartphone app so that it can access GPS location.

If TMO really wants to replace cable based home internet, they absolutely need to find a solution soon. 

T-Mobile doesn't seem to have a fix or a workaround yet. Which means it isn't really a full internet service.  Its upload speed is also pretty limited which doesnt affect me much yet, but could in the future.

Very disappointed having switched from cox to T-Mobile internet to find that mlb.com won’t work.