I do believe that to be the case, has to be initiated by a US IP. And I know there are ways to do that, we choose not to. Friends had trouble here with out of the box firesticks and other similar devices. Our son in CT gave us his Chromecast and Firestick that he had been using for some time. Plugged in, synced the devices and they have worked perfectly about 3 years for us. Only thing we pay for is $6.99 for Netflix, everything else WE care about is free. If we want to watch a proper football (soccer) match, it's more fun at a bar on the beach.