AS15165 — MTC-LRCOMMUNICATIONS

AS15165 announces 13 IPv4 prefixes covering 4,864 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The netnames number themselves by the third octet of the block they label.

What it's used for

• A rural telephone company's network. Thirteen IPv4 prefixes and one IPv6 prefix announced from the United States, with nine observed BGP neighbours.

Notable

• Three blocks carry netnames ending in a number that matches the third octet of the block itself, so the label is derivable from the address rather than chosen.
• Two other blocks use the holder's initials, one with a counter and one with the protocol version appended.
• One announced block is registered to a separate fibre company under its own netname, which is a wholesale carrier's block riding on this AS number.
• One registry lookup failed, so nothing can be said about who holds that block.
• Thirteen of eighteen sampled addresses answered, all in the same form: the address written into the host label with hyphens, under a domain that matches neither the company name nor the first word of the AS handle.
• The routing history begins in 2007.

Interesting

• Numbering a netname by the third octet works until two blocks in different ranges share that octet, at which point two unrelated assignments collide on one label.
• The reverse domain is a third name for this company, distinct from both the registrant and the AS handle. Customers see that one; the registry shows the others.
• Nine upstreams for thirteen small blocks suggests a company buying transit from several neighbours rather than depending on one.

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

Announced prefixes

• 50.115.144.0/23
• 50.115.146.0/24
• 50.115.156.0/24
• 63.245.137.0/24
• 63.245.140.0/23
• 63.245.153.0/24
• 63.245.156.0/22
• 63.245.160.0/23
• 63.245.163.0/24
• 63.245.169.0/24
• 63.245.175.0/24
• 63.245.184.0/24
• 63.245.187.0/24
• 2607:4e80::/32

Upstream networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS13329 Kansas Fiber Network, LLC
• AS34927 iFog GmbH

Downstream networks

• AS23452 MCPHERSON COLLEGE

Adjacent networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS13329 Kansas Fiber Network, LLC
• AS23452 MCPHERSON COLLEGE
• AS34927 iFog GmbH

Internet exchanges

• Kansas City Internet Exchange — Kansas City, United States