Comment on Ask YC: Geolocation by IP Address API/Service?parentComments−cstejerean18yI think we can safely assume AOL is no longer an issue. Anyone still using AOL dialup?−nickb18y>Anyone still using AOL dialup?You'd be amazed how many people in US are still on AOL. They all use IE and some of them are still on 56K modems.−randallsquared18yIt really isn't just AOL. I live in east Alabama, and geolocation of my IP almost always puts me in a suburb of Atlanta (except for the few that put me in Miami... not sure what's up with that) because I use an AT&T (Bellsouth) DSL line.
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I think we can safely assume AOL is no longer an issue. Anyone still using AOL dialup?
>Anyone still using AOL dialup?
You'd be amazed how many people in US are still on AOL. They all use IE and some of them are still on 56K modems.
It really isn't just AOL. I live in east Alabama, and geolocation of my IP almost always puts me in a suburb of Atlanta (except for the few that put me in Miami... not sure what's up with that) because I use an AT&T (Bellsouth) DSL line.