The assignment of numerical addresses for Domain Names ??

[Ed Greshko]

William Case wrote:

> Yes. I have used whois or jwhois.  I guess just by looking at
> 64.71.255.198 I can't tell much, but have to use whois to find out more.
> I was wondering if say, all Broadcast companies are grouped as
> 64.70.xxx.xxx to 64.90.xxx.xxx or some such scheme -- but I guess not.
> Not much point to it, on thinking about it.

You are correct.  The IP address alone won't tell you much.  They may be 
some rhyme or reason as to how they are doled out...but the rhyme/reason is 
not consistent over all of the world.  And the rhyme/reason is most likely 
predicated on the physical.