[185587] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lorell Hathcock)
Wed Oct 28 18:38:38 2015
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From: "Lorell Hathcock" <lorell@hathcock.org>
To: "'Josh Luthman'" <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAN9qwJ9yQDyEdao9cW3U6ZwAMOnOSs4QUfNJbU4Uy-w07DPECQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:39:32 -0500
Cc: 'NANOG list' <nanog@nanog.org>
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Very helpful. Another also helped me track down that Ookla uses =
MaxMind.com for their GeoIP data. I was able to submit a GeoIP location =
correction request. A guy at speedtest.net suggested that MaxMind may =
pay me no mind because my upstream ISP may need to submit the request. =
That makes perfect sense to me, but it doesn=E2=80=99t hurt to try I =
hope.
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Thanks NANOG! You=E2=80=99re the best!
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-L
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From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh@imaginenetworksllc.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:18 PM
To: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Subject: Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info
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Best resource: http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP
Been down for a good long time now
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This is the only copy I know of it:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.=
php/GeoIP =
<http://web.archive.org/web/20130122055317/http:/nanog.cluepon.net/index.=
php/GeoIP>=20
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Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
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On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM, <lorell@hathcock.org =
<mailto:lorell@hathcock.org> > wrote:
Legions of NANOG:
Here's an interesting problem.
My customers are running speedtests from Ookla's speedtest.net =
<http://speedtest.net> site. The
default site is in Kansas and not in Texas where we receive our internet
connection.
Questions:
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 =
<http://speedtest.net> is not from the whois
database.
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?
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?
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Lorell Hathcock
Chief Technology Officer
SolStar Network, LLC
Communications
FIBER - VOIP - SECURITY - TV
FTTH - Commercial - Residential
Burglar - Access Control
956-478-5955 <tel:956-478-5955> (cell) - 956-316-4090 =
<tel:956-316-4090> (main)
<mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com <mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com> > =
lorell@SolStarNetwork.com <mailto:lorell@SolStarNetwork.com>=20
<http://www.solstarnetwork.com/> www.SolStarNetwork.com =
<http://www.SolStarNetwork.com>=20
TX License #B19998
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