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Re: Why are there no GeoDNS solutions anywhere in sight?


From: Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:29:34 +0900

Constantine A. Murenin wrote:

Why even stop there:  all modern browsers usually know the exact
location of the user, often with street-level accuracy.

If you think mobile, they don't, especially because "often" is
not at all "enough times".

Why is there no way to do any of this?

Because it is impractical to assume an IP address can be mapped
uniquely to a geolocation.

                                                Masataka Ohta


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