Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info

[Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>]

Your block should be SWIP'ed irrelevant of geolocation/Speedtest server/etc
if it's sizable.


Josh Luthman
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Direct: 937-552-2343
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On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Lorell Hathcock <lorell () hathcock org>
wrote:

> All:
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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’t hurt to try I hope.
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> Thanks NANOG!  You’re the best!
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> -L
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> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh () imaginenetworksllc com]
> *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
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> Been down for a good long time now
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> This is the only copy I know of it:
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> 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>
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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> wrote:
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> 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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