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Re: IP address for UK

Oli Filth wrote:

> If you're trying to find the ISP of a user for instance, a better way 
> might be to do a DNS lookup on the ISP address and see if the URL 
> contains "uk". (Just a guess).

AOL is the UK's second largest ISP with about 2.5 megausers. Reverse DNS
yields ".com", not ".uk". BTopenworld (.com) is also a big one.

Better to use RIPE's <http://www.ripe.net/> database to find the country
associated with the IP address. 

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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