Month: September 2025

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This programme is not available in your current location

I was wanting to watch the F1 race highlights, when I was in the Netherlands.

Well, there I was thinking I was lucky. I knew I wouldn’t be able to watch the F1 race live, as I would be flying. Wondered if I would be able to watch the race on catch up. So, I avoided any news sites just in case, to avoid any spoilers. 

When I roam with Three the phone does act (generally) as if I am in the UK. For example, the BBC News doesn’t have adverts. However when I tried with the NOW app it said not available in my location. 

So, then tried using the Channel 4 to watch the F1 highlights, and that was working. So, managed to watch the F1 race, having not seen any spoilers. Yay.

Or so I thought…

Then…

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There was an error and the Channel 4 app said the programme was not available in my current location.

They had discovered where I was!

So, I decided I would wait until I was back in the UK. Well I said that, the reality was I checked the BBC News website to see what the end result was.

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Roaming in the Netherlands

Amsterdam canal

I usually blog about my roaming experiences when I travel abroad. Sometimes I have issues, but more recently things have gone very smoothly.

I had visited Amsterdam nearly two years ago, back in October 2023, then I had no issues with roaming. I was visiting the Netherlands again, though this time I was attending a conference in Delft.

When I go abroad the process I use is go into Settings -> Mobile Data and turn off virtually all the apps which could use mobile data.  I would turn off mobile data for virtually all my apps and also specifically iCloud Drive and iCloud Backup. I am pretty sure they were the culprits for my excessive data usage whilst in Portugal. This time, as with my recent trip to France, I only turned off mobile data for iCloud Drive and iCloud Backup and a few data heavy apps.

The hotel I was staying at had good wifi, and the conference venue at TU Delft had eduroam. Having said that I did make use of mobile data when I was in coffee shops, on the train, and walking around various Dutch places. I was impressed with the mobile data speeds that were available.

I was there for five days and when I landed back in Bristol, I had not used up all my data.