Forcing UK forum via geolocation

hknoener

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Why, Tom, why?

Why do I need to use a VPN to access any other forum than the UK one? Tell me, what is the point of it?

If I use a US VPN I can select any forum I want. If I connect from Germany, where I live, or from Luxembourg, where I work, I'm forcibly redirected to co.uk version.

If this was not enough, my user doesn't work there.

Really, is there any reasonable explanation for such an, let's say, interesting behavior?
 
Solution
I know roughly how you feel, I'm from the UK and the .UK site hasn't allowed me to login directly for well over a month.
I'm forced to go to the .COM site and shuffle through the various popups to login.