AS6122 — ICN-AS

AS6122 announces 84 IPv4 prefixes covering 377,344 addresses and 19 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

ICN-AS is the Iowa Communications Network, an independent state agency that runs Iowa's statewide fibre-optic network. It is a public network serving institutions, not a commercial ISP selling to the general public.

What it's used for

• Data, internet, security and voice service to the users the Iowa Code authorises: K-12 schools, higher education, hospitals and clinics, state and federal government offices, National Guard armories, and public libraries.
• The network spans all 99 Iowa counties, and its address footprint reflects that scale: several class-B-sized blocks including 165.206.0.0/16, 209.56.0.0/16, 207.28.0.0/16, 207.165.0.0/16 and 205.221.0.0/16, totalling well over 300,000 IPv4 addresses.

Notable

• Addresses here are institutional, not residential: an IP in this space is far more likely to be a school, a clinic, a library or a state office than a home. Ordinary Iowans get their home broadband from commercial carriers, not from the ICN.
• The mix of eligible users means the same ASN carries education, healthcare and government traffic at once, which makes any single-label classification of the space imperfect.
• ARIN's registration for the ASN dates to November 1995, matching the network's early-1990s build-out.

Interesting

• The ICN was authorised in 1989 and became operational in 1993, originally built to carry full-motion video to every county in the state for distance learning. It was a statewide fibre project years ahead of most of the country. It has not taken a General Fund appropriation for network operations since FY2004, running instead on what its users pay it.

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

Announced prefixes

• 147.92.0.0/23
• 147.92.2.0/24
• 165.206.0.0/16
• 198.176.250.0/24
• 199.201.203.0/24
• 205.221.0.0/20
• 205.221.20.0/22
• 205.221.24.0/21
• 205.221.32.0/19
• 205.221.64.0/21
• 205.221.72.0/22
• 205.221.76.0/23
• 205.221.80.0/20
• 205.221.96.0/22
• 205.221.100.0/23
• 205.221.102.0/24
• 205.221.104.0/21
• 205.221.112.0/20
• 205.221.128.0/19
• 205.221.160.0/23
• 205.221.165.0/24
• 205.221.166.0/23
• 205.221.168.0/21
• 205.221.176.0/20
• 205.221.192.0/18
• 207.28.0.0/17
• 207.28.128.0/18
• 207.28.192.0/19
• 207.28.224.0/21
• 207.28.232.0/22
• 207.28.236.0/23
• 207.28.239.0/24
• 207.28.240.0/20
• 207.165.0.0/19
• 207.165.32.0/20
• 207.165.48.0/21
• 207.165.56.0/22
• 207.165.61.0/24
• 207.165.62.0/23
• 207.165.64.0/18
• 207.165.128.0/18
• 207.165.192.0/21
• 207.165.201.0/24
• 207.165.202.0/23
• 207.165.204.0/22
• 207.165.208.0/21
• 207.165.216.0/22
• 207.165.220.0/23
• 207.165.222.0/24
• 207.165.226.0/23
• 207.165.228.0/24
• 207.165.230.0/23
• 207.165.232.0/22
• 207.165.236.0/23
• 207.165.240.0/20
• 209.56.0.0/18
• 209.56.64.0/19
• 209.56.96.0/20
• 209.56.114.0/23
• 209.56.116.0/22
• 209.56.120.0/21
• 209.56.128.0/20
• 209.56.144.0/21
• 209.56.152.0/22
• 209.56.156.0/23
• 209.56.160.0/20
• 209.56.176.0/21
• 209.56.184.0/22
• 209.56.190.0/23
• 209.56.192.0/18
• 216.159.0.0/18
• 216.159.64.0/21
• 216.159.72.0/22
• 216.159.76.0/23
• 216.159.83.0/24
• 216.159.84.0/22
• 216.159.88.0/21
• 216.159.96.0/19
• 216.159.128.0/19
• 216.159.160.0/20
• 216.159.180.0/24
• 216.159.182.0/23
• 216.159.184.0/21
• 216.159.192.0/19
• 2610:130::/40
• 2610:130:200::/39
• 2610:130:400::/38
• 2610:130:800::/37
• 2610:130:1000::/36
• 2610:130:2000::/38
• 2610:130:2302::/47
• 2610:130:2304::/46
• 2610:130:2308::/45
• 2610:130:2310::/44
• 2610:130:2320::/43
• 2610:130:2340::/42
• 2610:130:2380::/41
• 2610:130:2400::/38
• 2610:130:2800::/37
• 2610:130:3000::/36

and 3 more.

Upstream networks

• AS2698 Iowa State University of Science and Technology
• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS3676 University of Iowa
• AS7029 Windstream Communications LLC

Downstream networks

• AS14513 Des Moines Area Community College
• AS26946 Kirkwood Community College
• AS27316 Eastern Iowa Community College District
• AS2698 Iowa State University of Science and Technology
• AS3676 University of Iowa
• AS36634 Great River Health Systems, Inc.
• AS22594 University of Northern Iowa
• AS54150 BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER
• AS31871 Graceland University
• AS54421 Wartburg College
• AS22339 University of Dubuque
• AS19817 Maharishi International University
• AS397029 State of Iowa OCIO
• AS36358 City of Des Moines
• AS22949 Grinnell College
• AS399413 Greater Regional Medical Center
• AS394099 Decorah MetroNet

Adjacent networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS2698 Iowa State University of Science and Technology
• AS14513 Des Moines Area Community College
• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS26946 Kirkwood Community College
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS394099 Decorah MetroNet
• AS27316 Eastern Iowa Community College District
• AS3676 University of Iowa
• AS7029 Windstream Communications LLC
• AS36634 Great River Health Systems, Inc.
• AS22594 University of Northern Iowa
• AS54150 BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER
• AS31871 Graceland University
• AS54421 Wartburg College
• AS22339 University of Dubuque
• AS19817 Maharishi International University
• AS397029 State of Iowa OCIO
• AS36358 City of Des Moines
• AS22949 Grinnell College
• AS399413 Greater Regional Medical Center
• AS13855 The Municipal Communications Utility of the City of Cedar Falls, Iowa
• AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.

Internet exchanges

• Equinix Internet Exchange Chicago — Chicago, United States
• Equinix Internet Exchange Dallas — Dallas, United States