[Info-vax] Any large VMS users in St. Helena ?

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2018-12-06 kl. 21:32, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2018-12-06, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>> Den 2018-12-06 kl. 20:57, skrev John Reagan:
>>
>>>>> On 12/6/18 8:30 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>
>>>>>> 1) St. Helena
>>>>>> 2) China
>>>>>> 3) Sweden
>>>>>> 4) Puerto Rico
>>>>>> 5) Finland
>>
>> Doesn't matter what you search for, S:t Helena is almost always
>> in second position. I tried "MVS", "Linux", "TCPIP" and some other
>> computer related phrases. So, what was your point, Simon?
>>
> 
> The point in this case is that I wasn't expecting what you found
> below, especially given the US based data for "openvms" looked
> so reasonable, so I _thought_ this list was genuine...
> 
>> It it is also easy to find references like:
>>
>> https://medium.com/@sangare/google-search-the-very-strange-case-of-tristan-da-cunha-st-helena-ad6e2d61028c
>>
>> https://twitter.com/justindeed/status/933725222213177344
>>
>> Anyway, this thread has nothing with VMS to do.
>>
> 
> Well, that's something new I have learned today. Thanks for the
> links Jan-Erik.
> 
>>>
>>> Does some VPN service have an exit point near St Helena?
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't have to be near St Helena, only to have a similar
>> tcpip address range fooling the Google tools...
>>
> 
> Now I can see this is part of a much larger mystery, I would
> love to know what is going on.
> 
> Simon.
> 

Always happy when I’m able to spread some happiness! :-)

Maybe S:t Helena have sold an IP address range to some VPN company?
If they can that, I've no idea. Nice way to add further confusion around
the VPN customers origine. Or even that VPN companys origin ... :-)