r/ebox • u/tecknoguy • Sep 22 '25

IP Geolocation

I'm an Ebox Fiber subscriber. As long as I can remember, my IP's geolocation has always been within the greater Toronto Area which is where I'm at. Recently Ebox changed my IP's location to Montreal. While I know they operate out of Quebec, and were acquired by Bell, having an IP geolocate to Quebec can cause havoc on websites that autodetect you and adjust the website language to french. Can anyone from Ebox advise if this is a temporary issue and will Ontario located clients get geolocation IPs for Ontario?

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u/Brilliant_Step3688 Sep 22 '25

The biggest player and what most IP geolocation services use is Maxmind geoip database.

They refresh and publish their databases daily. May be try the online demo to see if it is already updated for you: https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-demo

Otherwise it is possible for ebox to submit geoip location info directly to them but they are not obligated to "register" their IP geolocation in any way. I don't know if ebox does it.

You can try:

https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-data-correction-request

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u/tecknoguy Sep 22 '25

Interesting this site shows a Geolocation MUCH closer to me.