Google: Incorrect language settings

[Jamon Camisso]

Had an interesting problem crop up with Google recently, seems they're 
not totally on the ball when it comes to non-US networks and their 
language redirection. Specifically, I've seen Teksavvy IP addresses in 
the 69.196.138.0/24 range constantly being sent to google.es with all 
results in Spanish.

Hoping it doesn't take up to the month they say it might. Anyone else 
seen this?

Jamon

Google Help wrote:
> Hi Jamon,
> 
> Thank you for your note. We recently updated our location files and we
> understand you're now being redirected to www.google.es. As you may know,
> we normally redirect users in countries other than the United States from
> Google.com to one of our country-specific sites (e.g. www.google.co.uk for
> Google UK) to provide easy access to country-specific search features.
> 
> We investigated the IP address you provided and have verified that we now
> have the correct information on file for your location. In some instances,
> it can take more than a month for these issues to be resolved.
> 
> In the meantime, if users would prefer to visit a domain other than the
> one we're redirecting them to, they can set a bookmark for that specific
> domain. To see a complete listing of international Google domains, please
> visit http://www.google.com/language_tools 
> 
> We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused, and we appreciate your
> patience.
> 
> Original Message Follows:
> ------------------------
> From: <snip>
> Subject: Incorrect language settings
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:27:15 -0700
> 
> When using your search engine and suite of various services, addresses 
> in the 69.196.138.0/24 range seem to be redirecting to google.es and 
> changing language to Spanish. That is plainly not the case as Teksavvy 
> (the isp) is in Ontario Canada.
> 
> phaedrus% whois 69.196.138.185
> [Querying whois.arin.net]
> [Redirected to rwhois.teksavvy.com:4321]
> [Querying rwhois.teksavvy.com]
> [rwhois.teksavvy.com]
> %rwhois V-1.5:002010:00 rwhois.teksavvy.com (by Network Solutions, Inc.
> V-1.5.9.5)
> network:Auth-Area:.
> network:Class-Name:network
> network:IP-Network:69.196.138.0/24
> network:Organization:TekSavvy Solutions Inc.
> network:Street-Address:330 Richmond Street, Suite 205
> network:Street-Address:Chatham, Ontario, N7M 1P7
> network:Country-Code:CA
> 
> This is interfering with pretty much every client that connects to your 
> service, Windows, Linux, OSX so if anyone can shed some light on the 
> problem or change the settings for that /24 block that would be much
> appreciated.
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