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:
Hi,
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:35:39AM +0100, admin@intl-alliance.com wrote:
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. 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
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