<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">ahh so I think I get it now... We have a lot of customers who are not from this country or do not natively speak English (we are entirely UK based) . So if they opt to use say Spanish websites and resources then Maxmind and others make a drastic assumption about the IP address and/or block those customer(s) use ? One of our customers who had this problem for example runs a Hotel and provides WiFi to their guests. As the language and nationality of those guests is entirely unpredictable , Maxmind will completely screw up that hotels IP origin/location. What happens with those providers who give out IP's from a dynamic pool ? Must be even more hell for them. Well done Maxmind for a madly stupid algorithm.. At least we know where to direct the more litigious customers if they blow a fuse over not being able to watch online content. bill On 28/05/2014 11:52, Gert Doering wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:20140528105207.GR46558@Space.Net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi, On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:35:39AM +0100, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:admin@intl-alliance.com">admin@intl-alliance.com</a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">There is no reliable method that Maxmind can use to determine where our end-users are physically located. So I don't buy into their story about their fancy algorithm or traffic patterns. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> This is the point: they *are* telling the world "we don't know where these users are". So what are you complaining about? Gert Doering -- NetMaster </pre> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <pre wrap="">---- If you don't want to receive emails from the RIPE NCC members-discuss mailing list, please log in to your LIR Portal account and go to the general page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lirportal.ripe.net/general/">https://lirportal.ripe.net/general/</a> Click on "Edit my LIR details", under "Subscribed Mailing Lists". From here, you can add or remove addresses.</pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Bill Lewis Kijoma Broadband </pre> </body> </html>