free geolocation geoip, are they viable?

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Published on 2010-03-23T06:25:21Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 6:33 UTC
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I'm trying to get a visitor's location based on their IP, pretty common stuff. My research so far shows that there's a database from MaxMind that costs $370 + $90/month... not the type of cost I can afford. Then there's a free version called GeoLite City.

Anyone used these before? Drop a quick line here please. Why is one free and the answer so expensive. Is the free one usable, is it not as accurate, what's the catch?

P.S. Any other suggestions are welcome.

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