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    A number of GeoIP databases not released as scheduled yesterday

    The GeoIP database updates for Monday, March 9, 2026 for the following databases were not released as scheduled: GeoIP Country database GeoIP City database GeoIP ISP database GeoIP Enterprise database GeoLite Country database GeoLite City database These databases will return to their regular...
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    A number of GeoIP databases not released as scheduled yesterday

    The GeoIP database updates for Monday, March 9, 2026 for the following databases were not released as scheduled: GeoIP Country database GeoIP City database GeoIP ISP database GeoIP Enterprise database GeoLite Country database GeoLite City database These databases will return to their regular...
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    Updates to user count data

    Between Tuesday March 3 and Friday, March 6, 2026 (and possibly longer), we are making daily updates to the user count data to more often return a value of 0 or 1 for residential proxies. Previously, approximately 50% of residential proxy IPs on single household IPs had a user count value of at...
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    Updates to user count data

    Between Tuesday March 3 and Friday, March 6, 2026 (and possibly longer), we are making daily updates to the user count data to more often return a value of 0 or 1 for residential proxies. Previously, approximately 50% of residential proxy IPs on single household IPs had a user count value of at...
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    Removing a number of suffixes in ISP/org name

    We are removing suffixes (AB, A/S, Co, Corp, eood, Pte, Pvt, and S. de R.L.) from ISP/org names to match their current naming and branding conventions. We expect to release these changes in new database updates and web service requests beginning Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Some of the larger ISPs...
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    Removing a number of suffixes in ISP/org name

    We are removing suffixes (AB, A/S, Co, Corp, eood, Pte, Pvt, and S. de R.L.) from ISP/org names to match their current naming and branding conventions. We expect to release these changes in new database updates and web service requests beginning Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Some of the larger ISPs...
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    GeoNames monthly diff report February 2026

    GeoNames monthly diff report (February 2026) GeoIP and GeoLite databases incorporate GeoNames geographical data, which is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Monthly updates to GeoNames data are incorporated into our databases as we refresh them. Above you will...
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    GeoNames monthly diff report February 2026

    GeoNames monthly diff report (February 2026) GeoIP and GeoLite databases incorporate GeoNames geographical data, which is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Monthly updates to GeoNames data are incorporated into our databases as we refresh them. Above you will...
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    Changes to the GeoNames monthly diff report delivery method

    You can now download the GeoNames monthly diff report from the Download files section of your account portal (direct link, log in required). The report is available alongside your database downloads and can be downloaded automatically. You can also download the report manually. For download...
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    Changes to the GeoNames monthly diff report delivery method

    You can now download the GeoNames monthly diff report from the Download files section of your account portal (direct link, log in required). The report is available alongside your database downloads and can be downloaded automatically. You can also download the report manually. For download...
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    GeoNames monthly diff report January 2025

    GeoNames monthly diff report (January 2025) GeoIP and GeoLite databases incorporate GeoNames geographical data, which is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Monthly updates to GeoNames data are incorporated into our databases as we refresh them. Above you will...
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    metro_code deprecation in GeoIP

    The metro_code data in our GeoIP products and services is a no-longer-maintained code. Because Google does not use or publish these codes any longer, the metro_code field has now been deprecated in our GeoIP products and services. What should I do? The field will not be removed from our...
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    Identifying Verizon 5g Home Internet

    Starting on Tuesday, February 4, we will be making changes to identify more fixed wireless networks. We are starting with Verizon Wireless networks in the United States. Beginning with database releases on Tuesday, February 4, about 15% of traffic previously identified with ISP name Verizon...
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    Update—Identifying Verizon 5g Home Internet

    As announced in our previous release note, we are reclassifying a portion of Verizon Wireless networks in the United States. In addition to reclassifying the ISP name from Verizon Wireless to Verizon 5g Home Internet, we will also be reclassifying the organization name for consistency...
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    Removal of deprecated fields

    We are removing the long-deprecated fields is_anonymous_proxy and is_satellite_provider from all web services and all MMDB format databases. This will be a non-breaking change. These columns will be set to 0 for all rows in CSV-format databases. The following services will be impacted: GeoIP...
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