http://bing.com keeps going to http://cn.bing.com in Linux/Fedora v37 PC.

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Using lynx text web browser via SSH2 shell accounts:

 

Looking up www.bing.com
Making HTTP connection to www.bing.com
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Data transfer complete
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Using http://cn.bing.com/?mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN
Looking up cn.bing.com
Making HTTP connection to cn.bing.com
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Data transfer complete
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Using http://www.bing.com/?mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN
Looking up www.bing.com
Making HTTP connection to www.bing.com
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Data transfer complete
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Using http://cn.bing.com/?mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN
Looking up cn.bing.com
Making HTTP connection to cn.bing.com
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Data transfer complete
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Using http://www.bing.com/?mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN
Looking up www.bing.com
Making HTTP connection to www.bing.com
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Data transfer complete
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Using http://cn.bing.com/?mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN&mkt=zh-CN

lynx: Can't access startfile http://bing.com/

 

 

How come? This was on my friend's Frontier's FIOS line. No problem on Spectrum ISP.

 

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

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