Re: Geofeeds are good — was Re: Publishing BGP communties for your network (Re: What's up with BGP communities?)

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

> Active measurements act as an enhancement and extension of geofeed when it
> comes to three factors: verification, accuracy, and granularity.


You've already said multiple times that you treat geofeeds as second class,
and believe your active measurement is 'better'. In fact, your Google form
linked says exactly that again :

If active measurements provide contradictory information to geofeed or
> reported data, we will prioritize our active measurement data.


You are essentially saying "I run a business that sells data about other
people networks , except I will always use MY data that could be wrong ,
and ignore YOUR data that probably isn't."

Allowing us to host a server with you will always guarantee data accuracy.


Respectfully, nobody in your industry seems to understand the concept of
anycast , so I'm not sure I would use 'guarantee' so liberally.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM Abdullah DevRel of IPinfo via NANOG <
nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I am absolutely sorry if my tone or approach about geofeed came across
> that way. We do ingest and respect geofeed. Active measurements act as an
> enhancement and extension of geofeed when it comes to three factors:
> verification, accuracy, and granularity.
>
> If your geofeed is more granular than our data, of course we will ingest
> it. That is why I am here. You should check your data with us. And if you
> see that us choosing your geofeed over our active measurement will yield
> better results, just tell our support, please. We will prioritize it.
>
> You are generously dedicating your time to helping us, and we are not
> ignoring you. Just help us here by checking your data and contacting
> support if improvements are possible, please. Active measurement is not a
> foolproof system; you need to help us get there when it fails.
>
> But, ultimately, if you can just allow us to host a server with you, that
> will help us even more: https://forms.gle/Ja64QWrJuW8PkUzK6
>
> Allowing us to host a server with you will always guarantee data accuracy.
> Thank you very much. Again, I apologize for my tone and approach.
>
> — Abdullah | DevRel, IPinfo
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