Websites saying I'm in Canada but I'm not

[Sunshine27]

Hello, several websites keep saying I'm located in Canada when I'm in the United States and have never been to Canada. I wouldn't mind except several sites won't let me order or sign up for items because they state I'm not in the US and I'm not given an option to change my location on some of the sites. I did contact my internet provider and they said well looks like you're due for a new internet modem so they sent me one but that didn't fix this issue. I also googled but didn't understand the results. Thank you for any advice you can provide me.

 

[TerryNet]

What type (cable, DSL, satellite, etc.) do you have?

Are you located close to Canada?

What sites are giving the wrong info? https://whatismyipaddress.com/ shows you in the USA.

 

[plodr]

An internet friend lives in Iowa, yet his IP shows he is in Georgia.

Who is your ISP?
Send them this story below and ask them to change your IP.

Here's an interesting old thread on the same issue
https://forums.windowssecrets.com/s...owsers-say-I-m-in-Canada-on-shopping-websites

 

[TheMadEye]

I wish the following works:
Type Google Search at the top
Below the the search bar, click on Settings>Advanced Search.
in the tab "Region", check if it is Canada. change it to US.

 

[Sunshine27]

Hello, several websites keep saying I'm located in Canada when I'm in the United States and have never been to Canada. I wouldn't mind except several sites won't let me order or sign up for items because they state I'm not in the US and I'm not given an option to change my location on some of the sites. I did contact my internet provider and they said well looks like you're due for a new internet modem so they sent me one but that didn't fix this issue. I also googled but didn't understand the results. Thank you for any advice you can provide me.

What type (cable, DSL, satellite, etc.) do you have?

Are you located close to Canada?

What sites are giving the wrong info? https://whatismyipaddress.com/ shows you in the USA.

Cable internet. Not close to Canada. Websites like Lowes, Dominos Pizza sites like that let me change back to the USA I have to change it every time I go to those sites. There are a few sites that doesn't give an option to change it keeps saying offers aren't available to those outside the USA.

 

[Sunshine27]

An internet friend lives in Iowa, yet his IP shows he is in Georgia.

Who is your ISP?
Send them this story below and ask them to change your IP.

Here's an interesting old thread on the same issue
https://forums.windowssecrets.com/s...owsers-say-I-m-in-Canada-on-shopping-websites

Ok I checked out this and the link it says to check IP puts me in Canada but the link in the reply above shows I'm in Tennessee which is correct. How can the same IP show different locations? I'm not very tech savy I will call my internet company again and see what they say about this. Thank you every one for trying to help me fix this.

 

[Sunshine27]

Ok I checked out this and the link it says to check IP puts me in Canada but the link in the reply above shows I'm in Tennessee which is correct. How can the same IP show different locations? I'm not very tech savy I will call my internet company again and see what they say about this. Thank you every one for trying to help me fix this.

Just got off the phone with the internet provider they said there isn't anything that can be done. They said disconnect my internet for 24 hours to see if that fixes it. Seems odd they can't fix it. I just started having this issue a few weeks ago and I've had the same provider over 10 years.

 

[TerryNet]

There are several services/websites (such as whatismyipaddress) that can be used to determine the approximate location of an IP address. Some of these seem to be frequently wrong, some extremely wrong such as the one that shows you in Canada.

About all you can do is to contact the companies with which you are having trouble and try to get them to use a different service (I have found whatismyipaddress to be mostly correct) or to over-ride their system to make an exception for you. I managed to get MLB.com to do something special for me ('cause they were saying I was in MO instead of IL).

How can the same IP show different locations?

Different services have different data bases and probably none of them are 100% correct and up-to-date.

Seems odd they can't fix it.

Your ISP has nothing to do with it (unless they also run an IP location service and don't know their own location!).