diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
index 973ed5efe..be78578a6 100755
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ require "jam_ruby/models/icecast_mount_template"
 require "jam_ruby/models/facebook_signup"
 require "jam_ruby/models/recording_play"
 require "jam_ruby/models/feed"
-
+require "jam_ruby/models/jam_isp"
 
 include Jampb
 
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb
index 0e9ee5baf..ebb1b9345 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb
@@ -168,8 +168,15 @@ SQL
       ConnectionManager.active_record_transaction do |connection_manager|
         conn = connection_manager.pg_conn
 
+        addr = JamIsp.ip_to_num(ip_address)
+        puts("============= JamIsp returns #{addr} for #{ip_address} =============")
+
+        isp = JamIsp.lookup(addr)
+        if isp.nil? then ispid = 0 else ispid = isp.coid end
+        puts("============= JamIsp returns #{ispid} for #{addr} =============")
+
         # todo turn ip_address string into a number, then fetch the locid and ispid and the other stuff...
-        addr = 0
+
         locidispid = 0
         latitude = 0.0
         longitude = 0.0
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/jam_isp.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/jam_isp.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4157b1ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/jam_isp.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'ipaddr'
+
+module JamRuby
+  class JamIsp < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+    self.table_name = 'jamisp'
+
+    def self.ip_to_num(ip_addr)
+      i = IPAddr.new(ip_addr)
+      return i.to_i if i.ipv4?
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def self.lookup(ipnum)
+      JamIsp.select(:coid)
+      .where('geom && ST_MakePoint(?, 0) AND ? BETWEEN beginip AND endip', ipnum, ipnum)
+      .limit(1)
+      .first
+    end
+
+    def self.make_row(beginip, endip, coid)
+      c = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.raw_connection
+      c.prepare('blah', 'insert into jamisp (beginip, endip, coid, geom) values($1::bigint, $2::bigint, $3, ST_MakeEnvelope($1::bigint, -1, $2::bigint, 1))')
+      c.exec_prepared('blah', [beginip, endip, coid])
+      c.exec("deallocate blah")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/jam_isp_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/jam_isp_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b68b309f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/jam_isp_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe JamIsp do
+
+  before do
+    JamIsp.delete_all
+    JamIsp.make_row(0x01020300, 0x010203ff, 1)
+    JamIsp.make_row(0x02030400, 0x020304ff, 2)
+    JamIsp.make_row(0x03040500, 0x030405ff, 3)
+    JamIsp.make_row(0x04050600, 0x040506ff, 4)
+    JamIsp.make_row(0xc0A80100, 0xc0A801ff, 5)
+    JamIsp.make_row(0xfffefd00, 0xfffefdff, 6)
+  end
+
+  after do
+    JamIsp.delete_all
+    JamIsp.make_row(0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 1)
+  end
+
+  it "count" do JamIsp.count.should == 6 end
+
+  let(:first_addr) { JamIsp.ip_to_num('1.2.3.4') }
+  let(:second_addr) { JamIsp.ip_to_num('2.3.4.5') }
+  let(:third_addr) { JamIsp.ip_to_num('3.4.5.6') }
+  let(:fourth_addr) { JamIsp.ip_to_num('4.5.6.7') }
+  let(:fifth_addr) { JamIsp.ip_to_num('192.168.1.107') }
+  let(:sixth_addr) { JamIsp.ip_to_num('255.254.253.252') }
+
+  it "first_addr" do first_addr.should == 0x01020304 end
+  it "second_addr" do second_addr.should == 0x02030405 end
+  it "third_addr" do third_addr.should == 0x03040506 end
+  it "fourth_addr" do fourth_addr.should == 0x04050607 end
+  it "fifth_addr" do fifth_addr.should == 0xc0A8016b end
+  it "sixth_addr" do sixth_addr.should == 0xfffefdfc end
+
+  let(:first) { JamIsp.lookup(0x01020304) }
+  let(:second) { JamIsp.lookup(0x02030405) }
+  let(:third) { JamIsp.lookup(0x03040506) }
+  let(:fourth) { JamIsp.lookup(0x04050607) }
+  let(:fifth) { JamIsp.lookup(0xc0A8016b) }
+  let(:sixth) { JamIsp.lookup(0xfffefdfc) }
+  let(:seventh) { JamIsp.lookup(0) } # bogus
+
+  it "first.coid" do first.coid.should == 1 end
+  it "second.coid" do second.coid.should == 2 end
+  it "third.coid" do third.coid.should == 3 end
+  it "fourth.coid" do fourth.coid.should == 4 end
+  it "fifth.coid" do fifth.coid.should == 5 end
+  it "sixth.coid" do sixth.coid.should == 6 end
+  it "seventh" do seventh.should be_nil end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo_spec.rb
index 1df42817d..08cfb0766 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo_spec.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo_spec.rb
@@ -35,4 +35,3 @@ describe MaxMindGeo do
   it { third.ip_start.should == '1.0.1.0' }
   it { third.ip_end.should == '1.0.1.255' }
 end
-
diff --git a/websocket-gateway/spec/factories.rb b/websocket-gateway/spec/factories.rb
index 4bc7c87a6..35f0c4b84 100644
--- a/websocket-gateway/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/websocket-gateway/spec/factories.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     countrycode 'US'
     region 'TX'
     city 'Austin'
-    ip_address "1.1.1.1"
+    ip_address '1.1.1.1'
     as_musician true
   end