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tax on the virtual world....

Loonylion
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MusicAddict, I am a network engineer by profession; it is my job to work with IPV4. It cannot reliably pinpoint a location. For example, my current IP:
IP address:                     [removed]
Reverse DNS:                    [removed].dhcp.stpt.wi.charter.com.
Reverse DNS authenticity:       [Verified]
ASN:                            20115
ASN Name:                       CHARTER-NET-HKY-NC
IP range connectivity:          4
Registrar (per ASN):            ARIN
Country (per IP registrar):     US [United States]
Country Currency:               USD [United States Dollars]
Country IP Range:               71.64.0.0 to 71.127.255.255
Country fraud profile:          Normal
City (per outside source):      Madison, Wisconsin
Country (per outside source):   US [United States]
Private (internal) IP?          No
IP address registrar:           whois.arin.net
Known Proxy?                    No
Link for WHOIS:                 [removed]
I am in Wausau, not Madison. Madison is at least an hours drive from here.my parent's last IP:
IP address:                     [removed]
Reverse DNS:                    [removed].plusnet.ptn-ag1.dyn.plus.net.
Reverse DNS authenticity:       [Verified]
ASN:                            6871
ASN Name:                       Plusnet (PlusNet PLC)
IP range connectivity:          4
Registrar (per ASN):            RIPE
Country (per IP registrar):     GB [United Kingdom]
Country Currency:               GBP [United Kingdom Pounds]
Country IP Range:               87.112.0.0 to 87.115.255.255
Country fraud profile:          Normal
City (per outside source):      London, England
Country (per outside source):   UK [United Kingdom]
Private (internal) IP?          No
IP address registrar:           whois.ripe.net
Known Proxy?                    No
Link for WHOIS:                 [removed]
My parents are 3 1/2 hours drive from London.It is the unreliability of IPV4 geolocation methods that is giving me a final year project worthy of my degree.
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