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The title is "An America-Less Internet", and then the user attempts to browse... all American companies' websites. I really like the idea of switching my inter
by 0xbadcafebee 3y ago
The title is "An America-Less Internet", and then the user attempts to browse... all American companies' websites.
I really like the idea of switching my internet experience to all non-American companies/websites. Next to Russia and China, America is the most extreme global superpower. I like the idea of getting content and services from less-controversial countries, with [presumably] less controversial businesses and communities.
On the GeoIP side, I see what's causing confusion. Using iplocation.net to look up one of Fastmail's CDN IPs (103.168.172.42), different databases register it as either Melbourne, Australia, or New Jersy, USA. If you check ARIN, the IP block is registered in South Brisbane, Australia, and APNIC has it registered to FastMail in Melbourne, Australia. Personally I would go with the Internet Registry listings before a geolocation database, as that's more likely to be where that IP is terminated (according to its IP block registration).
- brongondwana 3y agoYeah it's registered and owned in Australia, but routing to the USA. I've tried updating what I can with geolocation databases. Interestingly this is fun for the IETF's netblock, which usually geolocates my phone to the previous city we met in, 4 months prior! Heuristic guesses create some crazy stuff sometimes.
- nottorp 3y ago> Using iplocation.net to look up one of Fastmail's CDN IPs (103.168.172.42), different databases register it as either Melbourne, Australia, or New Jersy, USA. If they're so privacy oriented shouldn't they state clearly where your email goes?
- brongondwana 3y agoWe don't control those databases. I've tried to update them. We're very clear about where our servers are. We switched to those IPs from a range which was owned by our old datacenter and we were continuing to lease, to give us more network independence and the ability to route our range through better DDoS protection systems.