AS14933 — LONDONCONNECT

AS14933 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

A municipal electric utility whose AS handle names the fibre service it sells rather than the utility itself.

What it's used for

• A city-owned electricity distributor's network. 256 addresses in a single IPv4 prefix, with two observed BGP neighbours and no IPv6 announced.

Notable

• The AS handle names a connectivity brand; the netname LONDONHYDRO1 names the utility.
• The whole footprint is 199.164.255.0/24, registered to the utility.
• First seen in routing on 2013-09-20, recent for a number in this range.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.

Interesting

• Electric utilities own poles, conduit and rights of way, which makes them natural fibre operators in their own service area. The brand in the handle is the commercial face of that; the netname is the regulated business underneath. Both are the same organisation.
• A first-seen date long after the number was issued means this AS existed on paper for years before anything was announced from it, which usually marks a service that was planned well ahead of being sold.
• Two upstreams for a utility is better than the single link several of its peers in this range manage, and it matters more for a business that sells connectivity to others.
• The counter on the netname implies a second utility block that has not appeared in routing.

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

Announced prefixes

• 199.164.255.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS819 LARG*net London and Region Global Computer Network
• AS577 Bell Canada

Adjacent networks

• AS819 LARG*net London and Region Global Computer Network
• AS577 Bell Canada