AS30094 — GIGANEWS

Network type: hosting

AS30094 announces 6 IPv4 prefixes covering 4,608 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

GIGANEWS is the autonomous system for Giganews, Inc., a long-standing Usenet and newsgroup service provider.

What it's used for

• The address space carries Usenet infrastructure, evidenced by reverse DNS entries such as cruncher1.ord.goldenfrog.com, dca-4.usenetnow.net, and dca.blocknews.net.
• The AS announces 4,608 IPv4 addresses across 6 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, with 6 observed neighbours, indicating a content provider role rather than a transit or access network.

Notable

• Registrants for the largest prefixes include Giganews, Inc., SuperNews, Paradise Networks LLC, and Usenet Solutions LLC, reflecting a history of acquisitions and brand consolidation within the Usenet industry.
• Giganews has operated since 1994 and is known for high-retention Usenet services, with the AS first seen in routing tables in 2003.
• The inventory includes a mix of legacy and acquired address blocks, such as 69.80.96.0/21 and 216.168.0.0/22, which align with the company's growth through mergers in the Usenet space.

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

Announced prefixes

• 62.164.182.0/24
• 69.80.96.0/21
• 69.80.104.0/23
• 205.234.197.0/24
• 209.160.120.0/23
• 216.168.0.0/22
• 2607:bc40::/47

Upstream networks

• AS23352 DEFT.COM
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB

Downstream networks

• AS40861 Paradise Networks LLC
• AS6450 Providers Internet Exchange

Adjacent networks

• AS40861 Paradise Networks LLC
• AS23352 DEFT.COM
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS6450 Providers Internet Exchange
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB

Routing security

• RPKI: 4 valid, 0 invalid and 8 not-found announcements; 5 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 25% of announcements registered; 19 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-31576-PEERS, AS-ANC-CUSTOMER-PROXY-REGISTER, AS-DATAFOUNDRY, AS-GIGANEWS, AS-GIGANEWS-ALL, AS-GREEN-PEERS, AS-GTTCUST, AS-HURRICANE, AS-HURRICANEV6, AS-LLNW-CUST, AS-OPENPEERINGPEERS, AS-PACNET-CUSTOMER-PROXY-REGISTER, AS-PACNET-DOWNSTREAM-HK, AS-PACNET-DOWNSTREAM-PH, AS-PLUSNETUK:AS-LINX-PEERS-PRI, AS-SUMMITHQ-CUSTOMERS, AS-SUMMITHQ-TESTING, AS-SWCM-MARTIANS-ACCEPT, AS-TITANAMSIX, AS-XO-B, AS1200:AS-AMS-IX-PEERS, AS12703:AS-PEERS, AS16243:AS-PEERS-AMSIX, AS20932:AS-PEERING, AS29075:AS-PEERS:AS-AMS-IX.

Internet exchanges

• Equinix Internet Exchange Ashburn — Ashburn, United States