AS16725 — PHILLYIX-CACHES

Network type: hosting

AS16725 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 256 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The handle and the netname are the same string, and neither one names the exchange.

What it's used for

• An exchange point's own block. One IPv4 prefix and one IPv6 prefix announced from the United States, two hundred and fifty-six addresses, through one observed BGP neighbour.

Notable

• The AS handle is a run-together city nickname, two letters for an exchange, and the word for stored copies of content.
• The single block carries that identical string as its netname, and is registered to the holder's full three-word name.
• So the handle and the netname agree exactly, which is rare, and both describe what the space is for rather than who holds it.
• Three addresses were queried for reverse DNS and none returned a name.
• One observed neighbour carries both the address block and the sixth-version prefix.

Interesting

• An exchange point is a room where other networks meet, and most of its addresses are handed to those networks rather than used by the exchange. A separate autonomous system with one small block is the part the exchange keeps for itself.
• Naming that block for content caches says what sits in the room: providers place copies of popular content at an exchange so local traffic never leaves the city.
• One neighbour is what you expect here. The exchange is not selling transit; it needs a single path out for the few things that must reach the wider network.

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

Announced prefixes

• 192.104.3.0/24
• 2602:fa68::/40

Upstream networks

• AS27228 Philadelphia Internet Exchange

Adjacent networks

• AS27228 Philadelphia Internet Exchange