Blueyonder (now VirginMedia) cable IP addresses query

[lovingboth]

If I stick an IP address of theirs into dnsstuff.com, it says it's in "United Kingdom [City: London, England]", but the name of the machine is [ip address].cable.ubr02.shef.blueyonder.co.uk

Does their naming scheme mean it's someone actually in Sheffield? There's what would be a staggering coincidence / evidence who's being naughty with something if so.

Comments

[vampwillow]

yes, and yes.

"United Kingdom [City: London, England]" comes from where Virgin Media are based
.shef. is, indeed, sheffield. At one point (when Blueyonder) they published all their four-letter codes; don't know is they still do

[vampwillow]

http://help2.virginmedia.com/help/getContent.jspx?page=h_internet_advanced_dns confirms Sheffield