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vld

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    Comment #33017267

    pro.ip-api.com is not capturing data sent by the extension, they already have this data. see ip-api.com

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    Comment #25300374

    My first thought was for better 3D Google maps, ie rendering of the buildings.

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    Comment #24663312

    How much network latency is between you and the load balancer, and between the load balancer and the web servers? Normally, the initial TLS connection should be around 4 * the netw…

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    Comment #24322545

    I'm having issues reaching IP addresses unrelated to Cloudflare. Based on some traceroutes, it seems AS174 (Cogent) and AS3356 (Level 3) are experiencing major outages.

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    Comment #23363672

    ip-api.com was also affected by this. After our first alert at 10:49 (cert expired at 10:48:38) and a minute of being puzzled as to why our certificate expired, we realized the roo…

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    Comment #23362909

    Our email has been down for more than 3 hours. There hasn't been an update on their status page for a while. Kinda disappointed.

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    Comment #22146097

    This isn't on the level of some other providers, they'll still null route you if you go over an unspecified amount of traffic. IIRC they use Juniper and Corero. This is the reply I…

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    Ask HN: How do you reach “unreachable” clients?

    We are a provider of a service that requires manual renewal (payment) every 3, 6 or 12 months. Sometimes we can't reach our clients due to various reasons, such as an expired domai…

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    Comment #21971932

    I'd love a service that puts me in touch (for a fee) with an engineer/someone above level 1-2 support from Google/Amazon/huge corps When dealing with companies that are above a cer…

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    Comment #21703923

    As a small business owner, this terrifies me. Since the TTL for NS records is 48 hours, a domain takeover like this could easily bankrupt a lot of SaaS companies. What options are …

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    Comment #11939250

    A mix of VPS and dedicated servers: 2 in EU, 3 in USA and 1 in Asia. Highly optimized stack. Some live stats http://ip-api.com/docs/statistics

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    Comment #11939025

    Since there is no authentication done for the free service I can't really track users, but just to give you some numbers, the free API serves over 10 billion HTTP requests/month. A…

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    Comment #11938216

    I launched a free API 4 years ago, and in January 2015 I introduced paid plans, which offered several benefits over the free service. I have done no actual marketing, but the websi…

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    Comment #11937598

    Same problem from Romania, can't access major sites. Seems[1] to be a problem with Telia [1] https://paste.ee/r/M4iJa

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    Comment #11883465

    Did you block "ip-api.com"? Via hosts or some ad blocker?

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    Comment #10498325

    What about stairs/raised sidewalks?

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    Comment #10031604

    ip-api guy here. > It seems none of these services is deployed across the globe Our free service has servers in USA, EU and Asia > There's a need for a blazing fast, reliable servi…

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    Comment #9400517

    Can anyone predict how this will affect Windows Phone?