RE: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info

["Lorell Hathcock" <lorell () hathcock org>]

All:

 

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.

 

Thanks NANOG!  You’re the best!

 

-L

 

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

 

Best resource: http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP

Been down for a good long time now

 

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> 




 

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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Troy, OH 45373

 

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






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