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Old May 23, 2011, 10:23 pm
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Originally Posted by estnet
I'm so tired of sitting in the lounge and getting the message "no points because your phone says you are too far from the location".
That usually means your phone is using its wireless connection to locate you, and the actual ISP is some distance away. I had this happen on a cruise ship, where the cruise line's ISP is in Florida (and I was in British Columbia). I just turned off the wireless and let the GPS do its work.
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