[anti-abuse-wg] blacklisted IPs

> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:16:38 +0200
> From: Danijel Kovacic <danijel.kovacic at carnet.hr>
> To: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net
> CC: "ripe at carnet.hr" <ripe at carnet.hr>

> Some of the world wide companies keep old records about IP
> addresses in
> their databases so that makes problems to our users.
> 
> The problem is that our new IP range was in use in some company in
> Teheran, Iran so many of the companies have that range on their
> "black
> lists". For example, our users who have address 82.132.x.x are not
> allowed to use Pay Pal or download Google Earth ("Google Pack is
> not
> available in your county".)

Various services exist that attempt to map IP addresses to countries. Your problem is a good example of why that is not as good an idea as it may seem at first glance.

Perhaps you could find out which services are causing the most trouble and have them update your information so that you will not need to contact each of their users separately.

-- 
Thor Kottelin
http://www.anta.net/