They may use an internal tool. On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM Stephen Griffin via NANOG < [email protected]> wrote:
> I found "Maxstack" also was wrong. So, we SWIP'd back in August, is this > typical for them to be so wrong for so long? I have folks complaining about > being geoblocked to BBC as well... :( > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM Stephen Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is odd that they still do, we SWIP'd a while ago, but I filled out the > > form. Will see what happens. > > > > Stephen > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 06:07 Steve Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Maybe they happen to be using ipapi? > >> > >> https://ipapi.co/ > >> > >> Only mentioning it because that looks like the only major geoop db that > >> still lists that block as Boston. > >> > >> Steve 👋 > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 03:45 Stephen Griffin via NANOG < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> So, I have a site in London. We recently changed from PA space to PI > >>> space. > >>> I SWIP'd the new space 155.33.8.0/23 to reflect our London location. > >>> > >>> However, on-site support staff are claiming that Apple Support shows > them > >>> in Boston in the US (our headquarters) without an option to pick the > UK, > >>> and are demanding that we go back to PA space, which is both > impractical > >>> and a bad technical option. > >>> > >>> I have attempted to get them to log a ticket with Apple in order to > >>> determine why they believe our London location is in the US, but am > just > >>> getting back "you broke it, fix!" type responses. > >>> > >>> So, does anyone have experience with Apple's geolocation? Is accurate > >>> information on the network whois insufficient? Is it because the ASN > >>> shows > >>> the US (which would likely be incredibly inaccurate and somewhat > >>> difficult > >>> to change, I think)? > >>> > >>> I suggested maybe it was a cookie or related to the service contract or > >>> something, but those have been summarily rejected, so I am somewhat > >>> running > >>> out of ideas. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Stephen > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> NANOG mailing list > >>> > >>> > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3ZXJUWRVRYDUDSTN6HTUUAYV5FRJHSF5/ > >>> > >> > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7JQB2YCOVQTQOU5VJ4J3BZ7BRVZV6KKN/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MLJ2OQ7J2W2C24T27OIRCBBBKW6BU463/
