[185585] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Luthman)
Wed Oct 28 17:18:20 2015
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From: Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:17:55 -0400
To: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Best resource: http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP
Been down for a good long time now
This is the only copy I know of it:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM, <lorell@hathcock.org> wrote:
> Legions of NANOG:
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> Here's an interesting problem.
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> My customers are running speedtests from Ookla's speedtest.net site. The
> default site is in Kansas and not in Texas where we receive our internet
> connection.
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> Questions:
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> 1. How do I go about viewing the geo-coded data that accompanies my
> IP
> addresses? This is obviously a database that is kept for geo-coding
> purposes. The whois info for the block in question traces back to a
> superblock formerly owned by PSINet, Inc and has a Washington, DC address.
> I conclude that the geo-coding used by speedtest.net is not from the whois
> database.
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> 2. If I pestered my carrier to SWIP the IP address block to me (as
> they should have?) would that help me solve my problem?
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> 3. Is there anything else I need to be thinking of that would help me
> have better control of my geo-coding info? Are there third-party self sign
> up/volunteer database which house geo-coding info?
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Sincerely,
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> Lorell Hathcock
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> Chief Technology Officer
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