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Originally Posted by Woodguy53
Not sure if this will help but you may want to check with your Internet provider to see if they can “do something”. our provider was Fairpoint which was taken over by consolidated communication. Since CC took over when we search for something “near me” the returns have been from Burlington VT area, Newport NH area, and now all the returns are from Keene NH (we live in Bedford)
I don’t know much about how providers manage your location but when we had Fairpoint the returns were out of Manchester. (Today we are apparently in Hempstead NH)
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Service providers have gateways that trunk all network traffic from a specific area of operation out onto the internet. These are typically fault tolerant but are not in the same geographic area as you are. These points are what your media provider sees as they try to figure out where you are coming from.
Your specific connection by your device is sitting on a private network that is not routable or discoverable from the outside world, this is for your protection! Your router acts as a NAT gateway on to the service provider's network which does the same thing again at their access point described above. Your true identity is encapsulated and encrypted within the packet data itself from prying eyes.