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I work for IPinfo. The accuracy you see is inferred data actually. Our IP address location should not perfectly pinpoint anyone, unless that IP address is a data center of some sort. The highest accuracy for a non-data center IP address is usually at the ZIP code level. In terms of carrier IP addresses, currently we do one data update per day. If we did more, I guess the accuracy of mobile IP addresses would improve, but on an overall scale, it would be quite miniscule.

Our country-level data (which is free) is 10-15 times larger than the free/paid country-level data out there. We constantly hear that the size of the database is an issue. The size is a consequence of accuracy in the first place. So, it is a balancing act.

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> Our IP address location should not perfectly pinpoint anyone, unless that IP address is a data center of some sort.

By perfectly, I meant it got my city and zip correct, but I looked up the lat/lng and its a 5 min drive away. So pretty dang close!

Not sure how you got it that close if its only supposed to point to the nearest data center.




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