From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    Grant Taylor  wrote:   
      
   > On 3/27/20 8:20 AM, Barry Margolin wrote:   
   > > Not very well. IP geolocation software usually thinks I'm in a city   
   > > more than 5 miles away.   
   >   
   > I'd call that quite good.   
   >   
   > 5 miles away out of the ~12,000 from any point on the glob around the   
   > the opposite side, that's quite good.   
   >   
   > That's 99.959 % accurate.   
   >   
   > Considering that GeoIP databases are primarily intended to identify the   
   > country, 5 miles seems spot on to me.   
      
   But it's not like what you often see on TV, where they get a person's   
   exact address from their IP.   
      
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   Barry Margolin   
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