AS58246 — LothianBroadband Highland Broadband Networks Limited

AS58246 announces 3 IPv4 prefixes covering 3,072 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

LOTHIANBROADBAND is operated by Highland Broadband Networks Limited.

What it's used for

• The address space carries residential full-fibre broadband services, evidenced by netnames UK-LOTHIAN-NET-20141017, UK-LOTHIAN-NET-20151006, and UK-HIGHLANDWIRELESS-20181204.
• The AS announces 3,072 IPv4 addresses across 3 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, with 12 observed neighbours, indicating a regional access network providing connectivity to rural Scottish communities.
• Traffic consists of subscriber eyeballs accessing the internet via full-fibre connections in rural towns and villages across Scotland.

Notable

• Registrants for the two largest prefixes are Highland Broadband Networks Limited, while the third prefix is registered to Highland Wireless & IT Solutions Ltd, suggesting a related entity or historical acquisition.
• The address inventory is compact, consisting of three /22 blocks and a single /29 IPv6 prefix, typical of a regional ISP focused on specific geographic coverage rather than large-scale national infrastructure.

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

Announced prefixes

• 185.73.148.0/22
• 185.120.0.0/22
• 213.226.64.0/22
• 2a05:4340::/29

Upstream networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS24482 SG.GS

Adjacent networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS24482 SG.GS

Routing security

• RPKI: 0 valid, 0 invalid and 4 not-found announcements; 0 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 5 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-FLUENCY, AS-GTTCUST, AS-GTTCUST6, AS-JARMTELCO.

Internet exchanges

• LINX Manchester — Manchester, United Kingdom
• LINX Scotland — Scotland, United Kingdom