Re: Demographic On IP

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From: Terrance Richard Boyes
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:00

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ERIC TENG <ericteng@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Would someone please give me some pointers as to how to find out
> in what city or even what town an IP address is coming from??

Basically you can't.

eg even if you happened to know that the 158.152.*.* netblocks
were only used by Demon, and Demon's main servers are based in
London, that does not tell you that I'm in London, or even in
the UK.

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Subject: Re: Demographic On IP
Date: 1999/12/23
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