How to Fix IP GEO for google/youtube tv

Thu Mar 11 19:28:02 UTC 2021

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 at 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
>
>
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