speedtest vs geo-coding IP info
lorell at hathcock.org
lorell at hathcock.org
Wed Oct 28 21:06:30 UTC 2015
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)
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