t-mobile Home Internet - Location Issue

Chris B wrote:

I just got T-mobile internet and suddenly the ads on streaming services are for Atlanta businesses (I live in North Carolina).

 

Also when I go to sites like Lowes.com and Walmart.com it thinks I am in Atlanta, but Target.com thinks I am in Chattanooga, TN. Other sites see that I am in NC. 

I hear that Netflix may soon be rolling out a feature that blocks people from sharing passwords by making them login at their home location. I worry that since my internet thinks I am in Atlanta, this will cause problems in the future. I also worry about what other issues may come up. I am still in my 15-day trial period. 

I rejoined Netflix for a month last weekend and got an e-mail from them yesterday saying someone in Pennsylvania signed into my account. (I'm over 250 miles away from that state.)  I think that happend after I signed in on my PC, not when I opened the app on my TV.  The e-mail said if it was someone in my household, to enjoy watching.  But it also reminded me that Netflix does not allow anyone outside of my household to use my account. 

I did a live chat with Netflix telling the rep that anyone with T-Mobile internet may show another state location. He said that was not a problem with Netflix . . . which I knew . . . and since they use the IP to identify location, I needed to turn off VPN.  Had no idea what he was even talking about, and told him the only reason I was chatting was to see if Netflix intended to continuously accuse me of allowing others to use my account.  He said no, they would not accuse me of that.  I told him okay, but if they did, I would have no problem cancelling my subscription. :) Not that I think the email was a big deal. I simply wanted to inform them of the situation with 5G internet, in case they didn't know such things.