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It's not that they're dumb, it's more that geolocation is just guessing. There will be mistakes and edge cases and setups which can't be geolocated. The only du
by viraptor 3y ago
It's not that they're dumb, it's more that geolocation is just guessing. There will be mistakes and edge cases and setups which can't be geolocated. The only dumb part here would be providing a service where you can't override the download server. (Or relying entirely on the DNS rather than probing the speed)
- worik 3y ago> it's more that geolocation is just guessing. Does DNS care about geolocation? It measures distance in b/s dose it not?
- viraptor 3y agoYou can have DNS with different answers provided to different locations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoDNS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoDNS The issue starts when you move from your hotspot to your wifi and keep the cached results. Or your ISP has a large address pool that's used between multiple states/countries. Or the caching DNS server gets a different answer than you would get directly. Or .... It's a mess.
- worik 3y ago> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoDNS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoDNS I did not know that Is it widely used?