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Zodiak

macrumors regular
Jun 9, 2010
214
1
Gatineau, Qc, Canada
HBO GO has to be supported by your cable/internet company first of all from what I understand, it does not work with all of them.

Secondly, I suppose you would need to have a friend that does subscribe to HBO that is willing to lend you his account info.

You would have to be connected via wifi and download the app and if you use his account info maybe it would work?

I'm not positive. I did something like this to watch Netflix from the US in Canada using a friend's account.
 

phreebsd

macrumors regular
Aug 6, 2010
225
1
it doesnt work via a login account info.
it apparently only works if you are on wifi behind the router that is on the 7 ot 8 internet/cable ISP's that HBOGo is working with.

knology isnt at this time. :(
 

bilibug

macrumors 6502
Aug 27, 2008
339
239
Stockton NJ
it doesnt work via a login account info.
it apparently only works if you are on wifi behind the router that is on the 7 ot 8 internet/cable ISP's that HBOGo is working with.

knology isnt at this time. :(

It most certainly does require a login account through your cable provider. You do not have to be on the local network. I've accessed it from both Florida while on vacation (through an unsupported cable provider) and also from work.
 
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nosser

macrumors regular
Jan 25, 2005
174
4
Orange County California
It most certainly does require a login account through your cable provider. You do not have to be on the local network. I've accessed it from both Florida while on vacation (through and unsupported cable provider) and also from work.

+1... yup it works. I login and use it through my mifi in the car all the time ...
 

sethpen

macrumors member
Jun 15, 2010
31
0
Comcast and Dish Network - HBO GO

My friend asked me to download it and he put in his credentials and it works. I am on Comcast he is on Dish and I can use it anywhere. The only draw back I see is that it will ask for the users credentials every two days. On an iPad2.

SethPen
 

maw4bc

macrumors regular
Apr 11, 2009
149
0
I use my sisters hbo account info (directv) to log in to hbogo. I have ATT uverse and it works fine using her info.
 

phreebsd

macrumors regular
Aug 6, 2010
225
1
ill check again. i saw no where to enter creds.
im sorry for posting incorrect info.
 

DougY

macrumors 6502
Dec 2, 2009
286
0
HBO go

I renewed my subscription to The Daily, and received hbogo for free. I logged in with my DirectTV username and password, and it works perfectly.
 

3goldens

macrumors 68000
Feb 26, 2008
1,883
261
Born NYC Living in CT
I renewed my subscription to The Daily, and received hbogo for free. I logged in with my DirectTV username and password, and it works perfectly.

Let me get this straight. You subscribed to The Daily, brought to you by Rubert Murdoch's organization and you received a subscription to HBO from Time Warner.

Show us how that's done, I think its BS!

You might have meant:

you renewed your subscription to The Daily, you then downloaded hbotogo which is free anyway, you had an account with Direct TV with a paid subscription to HBO and then signed into hbotogo like everyone else.
 

cobaltrich27

macrumors 6502
Mar 6, 2009
252
0
D/FW TX
it doesnt work via a login account info.
it apparently only works if you are on wifi behind the router that is on the 7 ot 8 internet/cable ISP's that HBOGo is working with.

knology isnt at this time. :(

Well I can say for a fact mine works via login for U-Verse fiber optic account and there is no requirement for a wifi connection to use the HBO GO app. There is even a setting in the HBO GO app to warn about 3G usage. My Uverse was down for 2days including my wifi not working.

I used my iPhone 4's 3G data plan and my iPad 3G accounts to watch HBO GO for 2 days until they fixed our uverse after a big storm. I used 3G cell data to watch HBO GO & Netflix. I also got credit from ATT for the massive cell data usage I incurred.

My new HDMI 30pin adapter also found usage piped to my 65" HDTV ;-)
 
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