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SpankMe

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13. IP location tracing can be misled by the way ISP's route their traffic and hand out IP's
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:25 AM
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For example, when I use Google maps at work (California), my blue dot showing my location is most often shown right on top of my office building. Other times, my blue location dot says I'm in Virginia. This is because the ISP my employer uses is based in VA and sometimes internet traffic to and from here gets routed through their office in VA. Outside web sites will think I'm in VA when this happens.

So, your ISP - even if it's a big commercial operation like Comcast - may be routing your internet traffic through a major hub somewhere in MS, thus tricking BlueSky into thinking you're there.

From home, I have found that I can sometimes watch live Dodgers games on MLB.com because my ISP routes me through some giant hub they have in Denver and MLB thinks I'm there. I live in an area where Dodgers are blacked out. So, when my IP reflects my actual location, live Dodgers games are blocked.

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Just tried to open it in a regular tab. Still blocked. berniesandersmittens Thursday #10
Try going to a map program and see where it shows you located./ LiberalArkie Thursday #12
Thanks berniesandersmittens Thursday #14
I think it is probably an ISP problem in that they probably have your IP geolocated wrong. LiberalArkie Thursday #16
IP location tracing can be misled by the way ISP's route their traffic and hand out IP's SpankMe Thursday #13
Thanks berniesandersmittens Thursday #15
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