IPad mini: unable to determine location.

Just got an iPad mini wifi 16 gig. LOVE IT! But for some reason it's unable to determine my location in ANY location based app (including apple maps). I've made sure that I have location services turned on. Any one have an idea of what the deal is?

I have heard this type of discussion before that something needs to be registered.  I have DSL and know somebody else that has DSL from the same provider.  He lives in a small town and I live rural.  His location services works on his iPad at his home and so does mine when I am at his location but not at my rural home location.  So I know it cannot be that the DSL provider network needs to be registered.  There is another issue - maybe still a registration but not just the provider.  Any ideas?  I really would like to get this figured out.  There are quite a few apps that try to determine my location and cannot.

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