How to watch ABC Go outside the USA?

ABC Go is the streaming service of ABC in the United States, and at abc.go.com you can stream your favorite ABC content online. But, what can you do if you want to watch ABC Go outside the USA? What will happen?

As you try to watch ABC Go and content on its website outside the United States, you will get an error message that will look something like this.

Error - 403-1: 1002 on ABC GO if you try to watch it abroad.
Error – 403-1: 1002 on ABC GO if you try to watch it abroad.

As you can read on the screen and see on the screenshot above, this message is served to you because you are trying to watch ABC Go content outside the United States. Since ABC is giving other networks and streaming services the rights to broadcast their shows in other parts of the world, they are only allowed to let people living in the USA stream their content at their website.

How can you watch ABC Go abroad and get rid of the error?

To get rid of the 403-1 error on ABC Go, you will need to subscribe to the VPN services of ExpressVPN. They have a brilliant VPN product which comes with a 30-day full refund policy, and they also allow you to use the same subscription at three devices at the same time.

Now to stream ABC Go outside the United States, click the button above and follow these steps.

  • After signing up, download the ExpressVPN client to your device.
  • Open the ExpressVPN client and connect to a server in the USA.
  • Restart your browser and stream your favorite content on ABC Go without the error code.

Very important to know before you continue

At ABC Go, you will be able to stream quite a lot of content using a simple VPN connection. Here you can see a screenshot I just made watching Splitting Up Together on ABC Go using ExpressVPN.

I am watching Splitting Up Together on ABC Go using ExpressVPN
I am watching Splitting Up Together on ABC Go using ExpressVPN

This is all good, but you will also notice that quite a lot of content is marked with a “lock”. To stream such content you will need to have an actual ABC subscription in the USA to watch. It is possible to watch even with an actual cable subscription, but you will then need to have a YouTube TV or a Hulu Live account in the USA. If you do have such an account, you can use it to get access to the Prime Content on ABC Go as well. If you do not have a cable subscription, nor a YouTube TV or a Hulu Live subscription, you will have to be satisfied with the rest of the content on the website.

One example of a TV show that requires a cable subscription at the ABC Go website is Grey’s Anatomy.

Are you ready to stream ABC Go outside the USA?

Follow these instructions and you should be ready in a few minutes. If you have any comments or questions about how this is done and how it works, use the comment field!

2 thoughts on “How to watch ABC Go outside the USA?

    • Thomas Stein says:

      My guess is that you haven’t even tried it… I just did, and it works perfectly 🙂 So go ahead and try it again, and if it doesn’t work, please tell me exactly what is happening…

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