AS14746 — NOCTEL

AS14746 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 2,304 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Two hostnames in one block, under two domains a single letter apart.

What it's used for

• A voice provider's network. 2,304 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes plus two IPv6 blocks, 2620:11f:9002::/48 and 2620:11f:9006::/48, with seven observed BGP neighbours.

Notable

• 192.69.24.0/21 carries the netname NOCTEL; 205.151.255.0/24 carries NOCTEL-FIBER-255 and is registered to a separately named fibre entity.
• Two of six sampled addresses answered, both in the smaller block. One is vrn-mon.noctefiber.com; the other uses noctelfiber.com, the same domain with the letter L restored.
• The AS first appeared in routing on 2000-08-18.

Interesting

• A domain missing one letter from its own company name is a typo that outlived the moment it was made, because reverse DNS is checked by almost nobody and breaks nothing when wrong. Both names resolve, so both domains exist, and somebody registered the misspelling to make it work.
• That is also the risk: a near-miss domain in production is exactly what an outsider would register to catch mail or traffic aimed at the real one. Here the operator holds it, which is the safe outcome.
• The second netname ends in the block's own third number, so the record was named from the address rather than from anything about its purpose.
• Two IPv6 blocks with a gap between them means four were reserved and two are in use.

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

Announced prefixes

• 192.69.24.0/21
• 205.151.255.0/24
• 2620:11f:9002::/48
• 2620:11f:9006::/48

Upstream networks

• AS20055 Wholesail networks LLC
• AS11404 Wave Broadband
• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS396930 Opus Interactive
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC

Adjacent networks

• AS20055 Wholesail networks LLC
• AS11404 Wave Broadband
• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS396930 Opus Interactive
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC

Internet exchanges

• Northwest Access Exchange — Portland, United States