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What is the difference between the GeoIP ISP and Organization databases?

April 26, 2017databases GEOIP ISP organization

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What is the difference between the GeoIP ISP and Organization databases?

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The ISP database generally contains the ISP, however when we are not able to obtain the ISP, we include the name of the organization the IP address block was assigned to. For example, the ISP database often contains the names of universities, instead of the universities’ ISP. When only the ISP or organization name is available, both the GeoIP ISP and Organization databases return the same value. In this case where the ISP and organization are the same, the common value usually represents the ISP. When both the ISP and organization names are available, the GeoIP ISP and Organization databases return the ISP, and organization, respectively.

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The ISP database generally contains the ISP, however when we are not able to obtain the ISP, we include the name of the organization the IP address block was assigned to. For example, the ISP database often contains the names of universities, instead of the universities’ ISPs. When only the ISP or organization name is available, both the GeoIP ISP and Organization databases return the same value. In this case where the ISP and organization are the same, the common value usually represents the ISP. When both the ISP and organization names are available, the GeoIP ISP and Organization databases return the ISP, and organization, respectively.