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 Message 3777 
 Michiel van der Vlist to August Abolins 
 GeoIP stuff 
 03 Jan 22 22:20:58 
 
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Hello August,

On Monday January 03 2022 12:13, you wrote to me:

 AA> Is accurate geo-location critical?  I find it amusing, and
 AA> somewhat satisfying when an IP Lookup points my connection out
 AA> of province, or miles and miles away which is probably based on
 AA> the location of the server. But sometimes the latter seems to
 AA> change even though I might have a fixed IP.

Most of the time it is not critical but it can be annoying if a streaming
service that your paid for does not work because of malfunctioning geolocation.


Cheers, Michiel

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