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0 pointsjedberg2y ago0 comments

You don't need precise lat/lon to make a good database. Even a 1km circle would be more than enough.

> but not ASN

Why wasn't ASN allowed? That's what Netflix used to make endpoint routing decisions and worked really well.

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You’re not wrong, but privacy concerns were paramount.

ASNs were allowed but too vague. We needed more granularity. Corporate proxies, subdelegations, many providers aggregating announcements below /24, etc.

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