AS5396 — AS-IRIDEOS-MC

AS5396 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 2,048 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

AS-IRIDEOS-MC is registered to Retelit Digital Services S.p.A. in Milan. The MC in the handle is the giveaway: this was MC-link's network, which passed to Irideos and then, after Irideos and Retelit were merged in 2022, to the combined company.

What it's used for

• Business connectivity and data centre services in Italy, under a group that positions itself as the main alternative to the incumbent for B2B fibre and colocation.

Notable

• A B2B network, not a consumer one. The block is small, a few thousand addresses, and the group's bulk of traffic rides other AS numbers it also holds.
• The AS name still preserves two dead brands, MC-link and Irideos, which is a good illustration of why an AS handle should never be trusted as the current holder.

Interesting

• MC-link grew out of a bulletin board run by the Italian computing magazine MCmicrocomputer and became one of Italy's earliest commercial internet providers. The AS number outlasted the magazine, the BBS, and two rounds of acquisition.

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

Announced prefixes

• 91.225.180.0/22
• 92.60.67.0/24
• 92.60.68.0/24
• 92.60.71.0/24
• 195.130.195.0/24

Upstream networks

• AS3302 Retelit Digital Services S.p.A.

Downstream networks

• AS25518 Zucchetti Spa

Adjacent networks

• AS3302 Retelit Digital Services S.p.A.
• AS25518 Zucchetti Spa