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Gazl8080
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7 months ago

Connected To Belfast From The UK Mainland

Our internet has been a touch slow compared to our neighbours. So i done some speed tests and it was saying im in Belfast, which i am not. I went to iplocation.net and it says i am in Belfast. Can anyone help as our neighbours are connected to Swindon.

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  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person

    IP locations can often be wrong after IP addresses are reallocated. Location trackers take a while to catch up. If you are on a VM connection in Swindon you will be connected to the CMTS at either Swindon or Bristol. It certainly won’t be Belfast.

    • Gazl8080's avatar
      Gazl8080
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      I have gone to several IP location sites and all say Belfast and on different devices too. We used to be connected to Swindon or Bristol. I'm not in Swindon, I am in Hampshire.

      • nodrogd's avatar
        nodrogd
        Very Insightful Person

        Gazl8080 wrote:

         

        I have gone to several IP location sites and all say Belfast and on different devices too. We used to be connected to Swindon or Bristol. I'm not in Swindon, I am in Hampshire.


        In that case it is likely there has been a re-segmentation of VMs network in your area & everyone locally is now on a different CMTS & has been allocated new IP addresses. This happens periodically in order to increase capacity & resilience of the local network. As per other posts on this thread, IP tracking takes a while to catch up with any change of IP address location, so it will fix itself in a few weeks.

        I have had this happen to me several times over the years following network upgrades. I’ve been in Central London, Yorkshire & Devon, without actually leaving Hertfordshire.

  • Tudor's avatar
    Tudor
    Very Insightful Person

    You are not "connected to Belfast" and it has nothing to do with your speed. 

    • Gazl8080's avatar
      Gazl8080
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      This doesn't help me in any way, shape, form or fashion. But thank you for trying.

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    Alessandro Volta

    TL;DR.  IP address is not an accurate indicator of location.