Hi John,

Good question. When we identify conflicts between our measurements and a 
geofeed, we don't automatically assume the geofeed is wrong. 

The process is:

When contacted by an ISP about a conflict, we investigate and share our 
measurement data with them. Often this reveals network architecture issues 
(anycast, aggregation points, CGNAT) that explain the discrepancy. We adjust 
our scoring based on their feedback.

For systematic issues we observe across multiple prefixes from the same ASN, we 
do reach out proactively - particularly if it affects user experience (support 
tickets, access issues).

For individual prefix mismatches where we haven't received complaints, we don't 
proactively contact every ASN. At global scale (analyzing millions of 
prefixes), this would be operationally challenging.

The limitation you're identifying is real. We could do more proactive outreach 
when we detect conflicts. That's valuable feedback. Would you recommend a 
specific approach - perhaps flagging high-confidence conflicts in a report ISPs 
could opt into?

— Abdullah | DevRel, IPinfo
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