[LINK] RFI: Geolocation based on IP-Address

[Stilgherrian]

On 27/9/07 9:26 AM, "Roger Clarke" <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
> There are presumably thousands of ISPs that operate in multiple areas
> - many scores in Australia alone I would imagine.  (Unfortunately
> Kim's Australian ISP List is no more:
> http://www.cynosure.com.au/isp/).

I heard the Raccoonan for Communications mention in a recent media release
that there were 700 ISPs in Australia.


> Manual analysis sounds very expensive.  Is the company making *that*
> much money?

These ranges don't change very much, I'm guessing. And I'm guessing there's
some master database that all these services subscribe to. GeoIP is a name
that rings a bell.

I'm sure market research companies and, oh, Google are willing to pay to
have this sort of information kept up to date. I'm assuming that
http://www.ip2location.com is a long way down the data food chain.

I am, of course, making up all this information. But while the database is
global, so is the potential market of people wanting to know.

Stil


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