I have been using starlink for a few years now and when i go to google maps it always shows my location as new delhi India, i thought this was a problem with my laptop. I recently bought a new laptop and guess what, google maps still show my location in India. Any other starlink users in the forum experience this ?
No experience with SL but I did find this on their website. It's probably them. https://starlink.com/is/support/article/08ecdfe4-f2a9-2b3d-fcba-a435404a2db3 Since your on a new laptop, I'll guess it is a Windows 11. If that is true look in Settings>Privacy and Security to confirm location services is turned on and which apps are allowed access to your location.
When I was home last it showed me in China, many US government sites would not work which was quite the inconvenience.
I've been using Starlink since its realease in Phil's but also I use a VPN (ExpressVPN) and if set to a USA server location the US government services worked OK for me, same with UK - just set your server location to wherever is required.
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