AS13468 — KOS-1193

AS13468 announces 4 IPv4 prefixes covering 16,896 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Reverse names encode the exchange and the access technology, and one of them is somebody's name.

What it's used for

• A regional internet provider's network. 16,896 addresses across four IPv4 prefixes, two observed BGP neighbours, and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• Three blocks are netname KOS; 199.246.2.0/23 is netname KOSONE-COM.
• Sampled names include ka-wrl-kgn-ip6254.kos.net and sf-cbl-kico5-ip3254.kos.net.
• A third sampled address answers with a person's own name as two labels ahead of the domain.
• Twelve addresses were queried and three answered.

Interesting

• Each name is a small record of how that customer connects. Labels before the address mark a site, a technology such as cable, and an equipment identifier, so the reverse zone doubles as an inventory of the access network.
• The netname ending -COM is a domain with its dot hyphenated, because registry identifiers cannot contain dots. It preserves a second domain the provider used alongside the one in DNS today.
• A subscriber's personal name in a public reverse record is a habit from when an internet provider knew its customers individually and a hostname was a courtesy. It has outlived the era that made it normal, and the record is still answering.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy.

Announced prefixes

• 64.64.160.0/19
• 68.69.16.0/20
• 69.7.240.0/20
• 199.246.2.0/23

Upstream networks

• AS577 Bell Canada
• AS7992 Cogeco Connexion Inc.

Adjacent networks

• AS577 Bell Canada
• AS7992 Cogeco Connexion Inc.