Re: The assignment of numerical addresses for Domain Names ??

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Ed Greshko wrote:
> William Case wrote:
> 
> > Yes. I have used whois or jwhois.  I guess just by looking at
> > 64.71.255.198 I can't tell much, but have to use whois to find out
> more.
> > I was wondering if say, all Broadcast companies are grouped as
> > 64.70.xxx.xxx to 64.90.xxx.xxx or some such scheme -- but I guess
> not.
> > Not much point to it, on thinking about it.
> 
> You are correct.  The IP address alone won't tell you much.  They may
> be 
> some rhyme or reason as to how they are doled out...but the
> rhyme/reason is not consistent over all of the world.  And the
> rhyme/reason is most likely predicated on the physical.

http://xkcd.com/195/ provides an interesting perspective :-)

-Chris

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