Agreed. If you have more than a /29, it needs to be SWIPed to you regardless. Then you have a little more authority with getting GeoIP changes made.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> To: "Lorell Hathcock" <lor...@hathcock.org> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:40:59 PM Subject: Re: speedtest vs geo-coding IP info Your block should be SWIP'ed irrelevant of geolocation/Speedtest server/etc if it's sizable. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Lorell Hathcock <lor...@hathcock.org> wrote: > 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:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:18 PM > *To:* Lorell Hathcock <lor...@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 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM, <lor...@hathcock.org> wrote: > > Legions of NANOG: > > > > Here's an interesting problem. > > > > 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. > > > > 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 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 > > > > > > > SolStar Network, LLC > > Communications > > FIBER - VOIP - SECURITY - TV > > FTTH - Commercial - Residential > > Burglar - Access Control > > 956-478-5955 (cell) - 956-316-4090 (main) > > <mailto:lor...@solstarnetwork.com> lor...@solstarnetwork.com > > <http://www.solstarnetwork.com/> www.SolStarNetwork.com > > TX License #B19998 > > > > > >
