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AlexanderJG90
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Registered: ‎03-11-2023

US IP Address

Recently upgraded my broadband fibre product with Plusnet... and now all my connections think I live in the US!

If I check my IP address properly, it does display properly and things like BBC iPlayer work fine - but whenever I used google etc, I think I live in the US and I get US ocused search result

(This across all devices, so not settings based)

Any ideas on how to reset it back to UK? 

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jab1
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Re: US IP Address

The chances are that this ex an ex-BT Americas IP,  and the sites thinking you are U.S. based haven't updated their geo-location data, or are just using inefficient providers. I'm surprised Google is so way out though -  they at least usually get the country correct - but not always the city.

What other sites are misbehaving?

John
AlexanderJG90
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Registered: ‎03-11-2023

Re: US IP Address

My main issue is why it's suddenly started.

Lived here 7 years, plusnet the last 4 years and just started doing it a couple of months ago. 

jab1
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Re: US IP Address

Probably because your external IP changed for some reason around that time. As I asked, what other sites are guilty of this, and what results do you get if you enter your IP into this site: My IP - What is my IP address? Free IP Tracer, IP Locator, Hide my IP address 

John