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   Barry Margolin to groovee@cyberdude.com   
   Re: How does geolocation work?   
   27 Mar 20 10:20:05   
   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    groovee@cyberdude.com wrote:   
      
   > How does this actually Work, ie. how do you tell from someone's IP address   
   > which street they're on in which city, or whatever? (which seems to work only   
   > SOME of the time, over here (ANYWAY!).....)   
      
   Not very well. IP geolocation software usually thinks I'm in a city more   
   than 5 miles away.   
      
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   Barry Margolin   
   Arlington, MA   
      
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