As more and more websites use various forms of geolocation, I'm finding it to be a bigger and bigger annoyance. Whenever it's done by IP address, websites are telling me about their store or restaurant "near you" in Santa Rosa. I'm in Union City, 78 miles away. It's becoming less and less common for these websites to ask for my zip code and save it with a cookie.
That's fine if I'm using a laptop or WiFi and they don't want to hold onto outdated information. But unless I'm willing to buy a wireless adapter for each computer, I'll keep having this problem. I already have my entire house wired for 1000baseT and am not about to start using WiFi for desktops, and it's a bit silly to have adapters solely for geolocation purposes for a machine that does not move.
I'm not asking for an explanation of how blocks of IP addresses are allocated, or an explanation of why this is happening. It's already clear why the world thinks I'm in Santa Rosa. But I'm curious whether this has shown up on anybody's radar or if there's some simple solution (aside from changing ISPs, which I have no intention of doing.)
That's fine if I'm using a laptop or WiFi and they don't want to hold onto outdated information. But unless I'm willing to buy a wireless adapter for each computer, I'll keep having this problem. I already have my entire house wired for 1000baseT and am not about to start using WiFi for desktops, and it's a bit silly to have adapters solely for geolocation purposes for a machine that does not move.
I'm not asking for an explanation of how blocks of IP addresses are allocated, or an explanation of why this is happening. It's already clear why the world thinks I'm in Santa Rosa. But I'm curious whether this has shown up on anybody's radar or if there's some simple solution (aside from changing ISPs, which I have no intention of doing.)