On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Alex McLintock wrote: > If you are trying to figure out which side of the atlantic they are on > then if someone happens to use a private transatlantic link from the UK > to the US then as far as net traffic is concerned then they are US > users....
Only if the netblock they're in is also used on both sides of the pond, or if they're hiding behind proxies/nat/etc. Even in these cases, it's possible that a database could them list that block as 'international' or even better, specify the countries where that netblock is known to be used from. Ultimately, no one ever beleives this will be a 100% accurate method for determining the country someone is in, especially if they want to hide the truth. It has a lot of value in some applications though, where it's another hint as to who the users are, without having to specifically ask them. the hatter
