AS199468 — Solway-Comms-UK GRAIN COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

AS199468 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 23,808 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

SOLWAY-COMMS-UK is operated by Grain Communications Limited.

What it's used for

• The address space carries residential broadband traffic, evidenced by netnames such as UK-SOLWAY-19901201 and UK-GRAIN-20210806 registered to Grain NOC and Grain Connect Limited.
• The AS announces 23,808 IPv4 addresses across 5 prefixes and 2 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 75 observed neighbours; this ratio of moderate address space against a high neighbour count indicates a transit and peering role supporting its broadband infrastructure.
• Traffic from this AS consists of subscriber broadband connections, as Grain Communications builds and operates the fixed-line network infrastructure for residential customers in the United Kingdom.

Notable

• Registrants across all major prefixes consistently identify Grain Communications Limited, Grain NOC, or Grain Connect Limited, aligning with the AS holder.
• The address inventory is composed of five distinct IPv4 blocks, including a large /18 and a /20, alongside two /29 IPv6 prefixes, reflecting a consolidated corporate estate for its UK operations.

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

Announced prefixes

• 5.133.40.0/21
• 46.254.111.0/24
• 144.124.128.0/18
• 185.173.8.0/22
• 194.163.224.0/20
• 2a04:ed00::/29
• 2a11:c900::/29

Upstream networks

• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS12552 GlobalConnect AB
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS31500 Global Network Management Inc
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS4657 StarHub Ltd
• AS3216 PJSC "Vimpelcom"

Adjacent networks

• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS12552 GlobalConnect AB
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS31500 Global Network Management Inc
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS3216 PJSC "Vimpelcom"
• AS4657 StarHub Ltd

Routing security

• RPKI: 7 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 11 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 16 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-BSO, AS-GRAIN, AS-HURRICANEV6, AS-IXREACH, AS-LONAP-CONNECTED, AS-LONAP-MLP, AS-LONAP-MLP-V6, AS-LONSDALESOLWAY, AS-MANDA-LINX-PEERS-V4, AS-MANDA-LINX-PEERS-V6, AS-NTLI, AS-TRANSROUTE-SPEC, AS51202:AS-ALL.

Internet exchanges

• LINX LON1 — London, United Kingdom
• London Network Access Point — London, United Kingdom
• LINX Manchester — Manchester, United Kingdom