Merge pull request #1221 from maxmind/luna/subdivision-confidence-improvements

Subdivision confidence factors are improved

Author: christophermluna

content/geoip/release-notes/2024.md

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+{{< release-note date="2024-10-23" title="Improvement to subdivision confidence factors" >}}
+
+Beginning on November 5, 2024, we will be releasing an improvement to confidence
+factors.
+
+**What's changing?**
+
+- Around 15% of networks will have updated level 1 subdivision confidence
+factors. New values should be more accurate than previous values.
+- We will now include level 2 subdivision confidence factors in the GeoIP
+Insights web service and the MMDB format of the GeoIP Enterprise database.
+
+**What should I do?**
+
+- If you are a GeoIP Enterprise database user and you use subdivision confidence
+to make decisions, you may want to test the new confidence factors released in
+the databases on November 5, 2024 and make adjustments to your thresholds before
+putting them into production.
+- If you are GeoIP Enterprise database user and you use the MMDB database
+format, you may want to update your integration to look at level 2 subdivision
+confidence data.
+- If you are a GeoIP Insights web service user and you use subdivision
+confidence to make decisions, you may want to monitor your application starting
+on November 5, 2024 and make adjustments to thresholds as necessary.
+
+{{</ release-note >}}
+
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