Re: Geofeeds are adversarial — was Re: Geofeeds are good

[Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Ryan-

Geofeeds don’t ‘help’ IPInfo because they ignore them if their measurement
platform comes up with a conflicting result.

Anyone who publishes a geofeed has already provided the answers for free.
Why should I help a commercial entity clean up the data that they sell when
I’ve already done the work to give the answers for nothing?

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 14:48 Ryan Hamel via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
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> Geofeeds are automated submissions and corrections, which helps them
> regardless. Are you not going to produce and maintain a geofeed, because it
> helps for-profit businesses?
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> Ryan Hamel
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> Kind regards,
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> Ryan Hamel
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