Trent  šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Dec 10, 2022
The worst thing about #Canada is that they apparently lack the technical skills to store a universal cookie on my computer that includes the province I'm from. #everyfuckingtime
Show threadTrent  šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

The second worst thing about #Canada and #Ottawa in particular is that a majority of commercial websites interpret my location as Toronto which is 5 hours away.

When I ask about it on Reddit, all of the network guys explain how it makes absolute perfect sense from a technical standpoint and it is absolutely the way it should be. (Which feels like a very Canadian reaction.)

I love Canada but holy hell, I can't wrap my head around how this has been like this for a decade and nobody complains.

Dec 10, 2022 at 4:23pmWeb
Show threadKyle SawatskyDec 10, 2022

@trentbaur The Toronto location thing seems to pretty dependent on the ISP. When we were using a smaller provider it kept thinking we were there too.

As soon as we were on Bell I never encountered it again.

So blame the ISP I guess, I'm pretty sure it's because the smaller ones don't care to provide any location data for assigned IPs and they all just end up at wherever their headquarters is.

Curious who your provider is?

Show threadTrent  šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Dec 10, 2022
@ksawatsky Rogers. Always has been Rogers. You would think they have the money and knowledge to resolve this.
Show threadKyle SawatskyDec 10, 2022

@trentbaur Well that's a bit ridiculous. Our provider at the time was using Rogers' lines of course but I didn't think this would hit Rogers directly.

That's definitely unacceptable for such a major player.

Show threadSimon MacDonaldDec 10, 2022
@trentbaur @ksawatsky heh, Rogers sure can figure out Iā€™m in Ottawa when Iā€™m trying to watch a Sens or Habs game on SN Now. Stupid local blackouts.
Show threadMax HardwoodDec 10, 2022
@trentbaur @ksawatsky You could say Rogers and yourself are the victims in this case. GeoIP databases are maintained by third parties and it completely depends on which database the service you're interacting with is using.
Show threadDwight Williams (šŸ’‰ x9)+šŸ˜·šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Dec 13, 2022
@trentbaur I've seen it too. Weird.