AS62296 — vitalng Vital Network Group, LLC

Network type: hosting

AS62296 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,024 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

VITALNG is operated by Vital Network Group, LLC.

What it's used for

• The address space carries Usenet and content delivery traffic, as indicated by the operator's association with UsenetExpress and the netname US-VITALNG-20160506.
• The AS announces 1024 IPv4 addresses across 1 prefix and 2 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 59 observed neighbours. This ratio of limited address space to high peering density indicates a transit or interconnection role rather than a large-scale access network.
• Traffic from this AS consists of Usenet newsgroup data, web/API endpoints, and content delivery services for global Usenet providers.

Notable

• The RDAP registrant Vital Network Group, LLC matches the AS holder, confirming consistent ownership of the announced space.
• The operator is also known as Express Network Group and UsenetExpress, reflecting its primary business focus on Usenet infrastructure.
• The inventory consists of a single IPv4 block (185.151.12.0/22) and two IPv6 prefixes, representing a compact, dedicated estate for its specific service offerings.

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

Announced prefixes

• 185.151.12.0/22
• 2a07:8080::/32
• 2a07:8084::/31

Upstream networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS50673 Serverius Holding B.V.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS2914 NTT America, Inc.
• AS58057 Securebit AG
• AS25091 IP-Max SA
• AS202365 Omer GOLGELI
• AS34927 iFog GmbH

Adjacent networks

• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS50673 Serverius Holding B.V.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS2914 NTT America, Inc.
• AS58057 Securebit AG
• AS25091 IP-Max SA
• AS34927 iFog GmbH
• AS202365 Omer GOLGELI

Routing security

• RPKI: 7 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 8 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 10 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-HURRICANE, AS-HURRICANEV6, AS-IX, AS-MFC, AS-READNEWS, AS-RETN-ACTUAL-V6, AS-SERVERIUS, AS-VITALNG, AS2914:AS-US, AS2914:AS-US-V6, AS33495:AS-MEMBERS, AS62296:AS-AMS.

Internet exchanges

• Equinix Internet Exchange Ashburn — Ashburn, United States
• The Frys Internet Exchange — Frysian, Netherlands
• Speed Internet Exchange — Dronten, Netherlands
• Fremont Cabal Internet Exchange — Fremont, United States
• LayerSwitch Internet Exchange — The Hague, Netherlands