Re: How to Fix IP GEO for google/youtube tv

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

> Based on how difficult it is to correct their data for them at no charge,
> I'm not sure he's entirely wrong in that statement.

No, it's still wrong.

Stating that Google's team 'doesn't want to improve things' , while also
having zero knowledge of the reasons why the current issues are present, is
at best uninformed , and at worst just plain ignorant.

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 2:29 PM Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>
wrote:

> Based on how difficult it is to correct their data for them at no charge,
> I'm not sure he's entirely wrong in that statement.
>
> The fact that this thread exists, the latest of multiple, and has ended in
> no resolution to the problem once again is a testament to how Google
> responds to this problem.
>
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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:23 PM Grant Taylor via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
> wrote:
>
> > On 3/11/21 2:36 AM, William Guo wrote:
> > > but they don't wanna improve it for some reason.
> >
> > That is both unfair and wrong.
> >
> > I know for a fact that they do want their internal GeoIP to be as
> > accurate as possible and that they do want to improve the inaccuracies
> > if and when possible.
> >
> > I have personally submitted a handful of GeoIP changes through channels.
> >   It does take a wile O(weeks) to complete.  But it /does/ complete.
> >
> > If you have a GGC node, you can reach out to the GGC operations team for
> > help resolving GeoIP issues.  Ostensibly the GGC operations team focuses
> > on GGC related issues.  But they should be able to document the issue
> > and send it to proper internal teams anyway.
> >
> > I would assume that Google's NOC can also re-route issues as necessary.
> >
> > I believe that saying "they don't wanna improve" as a fact, vs an
> > opinion, is disingenuous and somewhat rude.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Grant. . . .
> > unix || die