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   Tommi Koivula to August Abolins   
   GeoIP stuff   
   03 Jan 22 19:49:27   
   
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   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet f8132ba9   
   PID: TripleD/OS2 1.3 20211219   
   BBSID: RBB   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   TID: FastEcho 1.46.1 1530   
   On 3 Jan 2022 19.13, August Abolins wrote:   
      
   > Hello Michiel van der Vlist!   
   >   
   > ** On Monday 03.01.22 - 17:11, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Anna Christina   
   Nass:   
   >   
   >  AN>> ..(Before, I chose the he.net tunnel to ensure a static   
   >  AN>> prefix, but I  had more and more trouble because of GeoIP   
   >  AN>> stuff for some services...)   
   >   
   >  MvdV> A well known problem. When I used a he.net tunnel,   
   >  MvdV> most geolocation services positioned me in the USA,   
   >  MvdV> despite the POP being in Amsterdam...   
   >   
   > Is accurate geo-location critical?  I find it amusing, and   
   > somewhat satisfying when an IP Lookup points my connection out   
   > of province, or miles and miles away which is probably based on   
   > the location of the server. But sometimes the latter seems to   
   > change even though I might have a fixed IP.   
      
   It is not critical, but if I use my he.net tunnel for web browsing, I   
   find it quite annoying that many websites speak dutch to me. My he.net   
   tunnel is terminated in Amsterdam.   
      
   However, I like the static /64 and /48 from HE and I still use it for   
   server purposes.   
      
   Now I also have a private /112 network out of my Hetzner /64, so I now   
   have a fixed ipv6 for my laptop and my telephone, even if I'm out   
   travelling. Like now.   
      
   And that Hetzner /64 is in Finland, so no problems with finnish services.   
      
   'Tommi   
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