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Old 03-24-2008, 02:52 PM
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Re: live in FL...showing up in PA on speedtest.com...have PA area code...problematic?

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Originally Posted by fireftr214 View Post
your speed tests are showing those results because your phone is reaching out to the internet via DNS servers located in another state. I too live in the 772 area code and I am on Sprint as well. My DNS location always comes up as IL.....because that is where the server is located that puts your phone out to the internet. You could be standing on the moon or at the bottom of the ocean and still have the same results.
Hooray for the 772!!!
Unbelievable...I thought I was the only person living in Podunk...(I am actually in Vero Beach).

Anyway, this is absolutely correct - DNS serves up your internet location, not necessarily your "true" location. My DNS has me in Ohio.
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