AS14901 — TAOSNET-NEWMEX

Network type: hosting

AS14901 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 4,352 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

One of its blocks carries a netname built from the address written backwards.

What it's used for

• A mountain-town ISP's network. 4,352 addresses across two IPv4 prefixes plus 2602:ff85:2f::/48 of IPv6, with three observed BGP neighbours.

Notable

• 209.188.112.0/20 carries the netname TAOSNET-001, registered to TAOS NET LLC with a contact entry reading TECH.
• 24.120.232.0/24 carries BRI-232-120-24-22, registered to BannerView.com.
• Three of six sampled addresses returned names of the form 209-188-116-0.taosnet.com.
• The AS first appeared in routing on 2005-05-12.

Interesting

• That second netname lists the block's first three parts in reverse order and then adds another number. Reversed addresses appear all over reverse DNS, where the protocol requires them, and almost never in a netname, where nothing does. Somebody copied a string out of the wrong tool.
• The block is registered to a web design business rather than the ISP announcing it, which is what happens when a small provider takes over a customer that once ran its own network and keeps the registration where it is.
• The AS handle spells out a state that the company name does not, so the routing record disambiguates a town name that exists in more than one place.
• Three neighbours for a provider announcing two prefixes, in terrain where a single fibre cut can isolate a valley, is money spent where it matters.

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

Announced prefixes

• 24.120.232.0/24
• 209.188.112.0/20
• 2602:ff85:2f::/48

Upstream networks

• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS33152 Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc

Downstream networks

• AS17098 Brownrice Internet, Inc.

Adjacent networks

• AS17098 Brownrice Internet, Inc.
• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS33152 Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc