AS53949 — BCT-AS1 - Benton Cooperative Telephone Company

AS53949 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 10,496 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

BCT-AS1 is operated by Benton Communications, a rural telecommunications cooperative serving Benton County, Iowa.

What it's used for

• The address space carries residential and business subscriber traffic, evidenced by reverse DNS entries pointing to bctelco.net and netnames such as BENTONISP and BCT-IPV4-1.
• The AS announces 10,496 IPv4 addresses across 5 prefixes while maintaining only 1 observed routing neighbour, a ratio characteristic of an access network providing last-mile connectivity rather than transit.
• Traffic consists of broadband internet, telephone, and cable TV services for local homes and businesses in the rural Iowa region.

Notable

• All registrants for the announced prefixes are listed as Benton Cooperative Telephone Company, consistent with the AS holder.
• The address inventory is composed of five distinct IPv4 blocks, including two /20s, two /22s, and one /24, with no IPv6 prefixes currently in inventory.

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

Announced prefixes

• 162.213.172.0/22
• 173.225.144.0/20
• 192.119.134.0/24
• 198.98.208.0/20
• 206.198.204.0/22

Upstream networks

• AS27204 The Albany Mutual Telephone Association

Adjacent networks

• AS27204 The Albany Mutual Telephone Association

Routing security

• RPKI: 5 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 5 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 6 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-27204-TRANSIT, AS-AMTA-2-27204-SET, AS-HURRICANE, AS-NEWCORE-20204-TRANSIT, AS-NEWCORE-27204-TRANSIT.