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Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List)
From: Matt Ghali <matt () snark net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:53:58 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, william(at)elan.net wrote: The point is it probably would not be as accurate as one could hope because internet network infrastructure is network-centric and not necessarily region-based. Of course you could try to fully map INET like CAIDA does and keep the info updated on "daily basis", pretty hard work though... You miss the point; what they have done is decouple the requirement for correlation to a geographical location in optimizing content delivery; the only thing they seem to care about is logical topographical location. As for the 'pretty hard work' part; they seem to be making money off it; how's your gig going? matto --matt () snark net------------------------------------------<darwin>< The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
Current thread:
- RE: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) Jim McBurnett (Jun 13)
- RE: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) william(at)elan.net (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) Paul G (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) Patrick W. Gilmore (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) Brad Knowles (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) william(at)elan.net (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) Matt Ghali (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) Patrick W. Gilmore (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) william(at)elan.net (Jun 13)
- Re: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) william(at)elan.net (Jun 13)
- RE: IP->Country Data (RE: ISP's Contact List) william(at)elan.net (Jun 13)