Originally Posted by
Aviatrix
BTW, it's not just your actual location that will make Google try to send you to a foreign-language version... I find that when I use T-mobile wifi in the UK Google somehow thinks I'm in Germany and insists on sending me to google.de!
They determine your location based on your IP address. There are a number of companies that provide services to analyze the IP address and locate where you're accessing the Internet from. Here's one that has a
demo on their front page. In the case of TMobile, there is a decent chance that your access through their WiFi hotspots is routed back through their private network and then connects to the Internet in Germany.
S.