Big Internet Problem

[Droolmonster]

Yo..

I did a IP location test the other day and i found that my connection ip comes from Paraw!!!!! i have mweb broadband full highspeed internet... the area i stay in has pathetic and old phone lines so that is already slowing my net.... (down to 30-40KBS where it sould be around 2megs ) how can i fix this? if i live in PTA doesnt it mean my IP should come from here aswell?!?!?!?

Thanks:
Droolmonster

 

[dj_jyno]

Sure you don't mean Parow? That's normal - MWeb's head office is in Goodwood, but it's actually situated on the Parow-Goodwood border. And no, this won't influence your speed.

 

[Jack_Hammond]

That GeoIP information is usually based on the head offices of the ISP in question, as South Africa's ADSL does not have local POPs, so there is no way to tie an IP to a specific interchange.
Also as an aside, the vast majority of South Africa's ADSL terminates into the Rosebank Telkom exchange, and to get to international it gets shipped all the way back to the SAT3 station in Cape Town, so that entails a lot of travel just for a packet, but that is something the internet does well, so the whole geographic location affecting speed thing is a bit of a moot point.