[Gllug] (no subject)

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Thu Aug 21 19:07:47 UTC 2003


On Thu 21 Aug, Ian Norton wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:41:26PM +0100, t.clarke wrote:
> > David Dammerell wrote: 
> > Even so, there surely must be some sort of IP-No/geographical correlation,
> > otherwise wouldn't routing be a nightmare ??
> >
> 
> Sure, isnt there pools associated with particular providers, (therefore
> locations ) and others that are provider independant, either way, they have to
> live somewhere, the internet at large doesnt just work like IPX, does it? ;-)
> 
   My ISP claims that it is unable to state where their clients connect,
partly because they have customers in more than one country. This is causing
a problem with access to BBC programmes via the internet as the BBC is
unable to supply output outside the UK.

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Chris Bell


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