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[vv AT cgs.pw]

I've been looking at that page, but when you say "close
enough" how is that accomplished by that page?

I'm using a VPN on a VPS so I know the exact location of
the server. My ISP location is somewhere around here, but
the listings for that never get within 100km in either
direction, and more often than not is shown as the
location of the company who provides the IPs and that's
not even in the same Province as me.

Actually, my ISP's DNS servers are probably a good choice
since they're a small family owned business and have
no interest in logging and such. However, I prefer
servers with known philosophies and which include
alternative IP space.

~ vv




> Hey there,
>
> For me in Italy the only service on that page giving the correct location
> is EurekAPI (the third one). The location provided by DB-IP is way off
> (about 880km), while those provided by IPligence and IP2location are
> slightly off, but close enough (about 12km and 25km, respectively).
>
> Listing servers by location sounds like a good idea to me. You can get
> close enough by looking at the list of tier 2 servers [1], though.
>
> Best wishes,
> Alessandro
>
> [1] https://servers.opennicproject.org
>
> On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:43:48 -0700, vv AT cgs.pw wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I was just looking for another server and noticed that
>> the geolocation service appears to based its information
>> on where the IP is registered as opposed to where it
>> is located, which in my mind would be more practical.
>>
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