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    GeoIP ISP database and GeoIP Enterprise database release delayed

    The GeoIP database updates for Friday, May 29, 2026 for the following databases won’t be released as scheduled: GeoIP ISP database GeoIP Enterprise database Continue reading...
  2. MaxMind

    GeoIP ISP database and GeoIP Enterprise database release delayed

    The GeoIP database updates for Friday, May 29, 2026 for the following databases won’t be released as scheduled: GeoIP ISP database GeoIP Enterprise database Continue reading...
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    Ongoing updates to VPN provider and network coverage in GeoIP Anonymous Plus

    We are monitoring changes in our coverage of VPN providers and networks in our GeoIP Anonymous Plus database. A small reduction in total IP addresses and providers is expected as we fine-tune and remove lower confidence networks from our dataset. You can expect to see fluctuations in the number...
  4. MaxMind

    Ongoing updates to VPN provider and network coverage in GeoIP Anonymous Plus

    We are monitoring changes in our coverage of VPN providers and networks in our GeoIP Anonymous Plus database. A small reduction in total IP addresses and providers is expected as we fine-tune and remove lower confidence networks from our dataset. You can expect to see fluctuations in the number...
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    GeoIP Anonymous Plus won't be released as scheduled today

    We are skipping today’s release of the GeoIP Anonymous Plus database in order to review a decrease in the number of IPs with a VPN label. We are not aware of any data quality issues in released GeoIP Anonymous Plus databases. Continue reading...
  6. MaxMind

    GeoIP Anonymous Plus won't be released as scheduled today

    We are skipping today’s release of the GeoIP Anonymous Plus database in order to review a decrease in the number of IPs with a VPN label. We are not aware of any data quality issues in released GeoIP Anonymous Plus databases. Continue reading...
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    A number of networks now have a lower anonymizer confidence of 30

    As of May 4, 2026, a number of networks with a provider_name have a lower anonymizer_confidence of 30. Previously, all networks with provider_name had an anonymizer_confidence of 99. This change will be reflected in the following products and services: GeoIP Anonymous Plus database GeoIP...
  8. MaxMind

    A number of networks now have a lower anonymizer confidence of 30

    As of May 4, 2026, a number of networks with a provider_name have a lower anonymizer_confidence of 30. Previously, all networks with provider_name had an anonymizer_confidence of 99. This change will be reflected in the following products and services: GeoIP Anonymous Plus database GeoIP...
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    Subdivision, city, and postal fields blanked in additional countries/cities

    Effective Tuesday, April 7, 2026, we will be making a number of changes to reduce false positives when the end users of a network are dispersed all over the subdivision or country. This change will result in fewer resolutions. In Czechia (Czech Republic), we will be blanking out the...
  10. MaxMind

    Subdivision, city, and postal fields blanked in additional countries/cities

    Effective Tuesday, April 7, 2026, we will be making a number of changes to reduce false positives when the end users of a network are dispersed all over the subdivision or country. This change will result in fewer resolutions. In Czechia (Czech Republic), we will be blanking out the...
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    Reduced country-level confidence value for hosting networks

    As part of our ongoing efforts to improve our geolocation confidence factors, we have reduced the country-level confidence for some hosting networks in circumstances where we are less confident about where the data centers identified are deployed. This change should not impact the confidence...
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    GeoIP Connection Type database now released every weekday

    The GeoIP Connection Type database is now updated every weekday, Monday through Friday. We recommend automating GeoIP database updates so that you can be sure that you always have the most accurate IP geolocation and IP intelligence data. You can automate database updates with our GeoIP Update...
  13. MaxMind

    Reduced country-level confidence value for hosting networks

    As part of our ongoing efforts to improve our geolocation confidence factors, we have reduced the country-level confidence for some hosting networks in circumstances where we are less confident about where the data centers identified are deployed. This change should not impact the confidence...
  14. MaxMind

    GeoIP Connection Type database now released every weekday

    The GeoIP Connection Type database is now updated every weekday, Monday through Friday. We recommend automating GeoIP database updates so that you can be sure that you always have the most accurate IP geolocation and IP intelligence data. You can automate database updates with our GeoIP Update...
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    Updates to geolocation confidence factors

    Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24 2026, we’re deploying updates to our geolocation confidence factors to make them more accurate. For networks located outside of the United States, we will be adjusting country level confidence to be higher in circumstances where those networks are used...
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