My (old) ISP used to give out my IP location as 310 miles from where I am...
It resolved to either their comapny headquarters,
or the connection to the Internet at their end...

                                                       Rick Glazier

> On 6 Oct 2006 at 15:33, Becky wrote:
> 
>> I am on a discussion list. I recently came across a web site that
>> tells be the geographic location of any IP number. I don't understand
>> IP numbers at all. Anyway all but one of the numbers I put in there
>> from messages on this discussion list give me a location that I already
>> know the posters are from. However one of the posters has over 7or 8
>> different IP addresses and none of them even come close to where she
>> has stated she is living (Pacific coast). They are all from different
>> areas in the Indiana/Illinois area. What do the numbers mean and should
>> I assume that the poster has programs or software that is purposely
>> hiding her location maybe for privacy reasons?  I am just curious and
>> didn't know who to ask how IP numbers work. Thanks 

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