AS6717 — AS6717 UK ISP

Network type: residential

AS6717 announces 4 IPv4 prefixes covering 18,432 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Internet Central Limited (ic.uk, formerly ic.net.uk) is a business-focused ISP based at Keele Science Park in Staffordshire. It was founded in 1995, making it one of the earlier commercial ISPs in the UK.

What it's used for

• Business connectivity — broadband, Ethernet and leased lines — sold to UK companies, alongside hosting, SIP/hosted telephony and IT security services.
• Reverse DNS across the space is infrastructure-shaped: core routers resolve as w-cr2.ic.net.uk, lx-cr1.ic.net.uk and similar. There are no consumer subscriber pools here.

Notable

• This is a B2B network, not a consumer eyeball ISP. The company states it serves businesses only, and the inventory agrees: a handful of prefixes with router-style naming rather than the large dynamic pools a residential provider would need.
• Internet Central aggregates the access networks of the major UK carriers rather than building last-mile everywhere itself, which is the normal shape for a regional business ISP.

Interesting

• The company holds an individual UK telecoms licence with code powers, allowing it to build its own infrastructure — a meaningful distinction for an ISP of its size, and one it acquired early.

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

Announced prefixes

• 185.152.160.0/22
• 193.188.204.0/22
• 195.62.192.0/19
• 212.57.224.0/19
• 2a02:ac00::/29

Upstream networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS29169 GANDI SAS
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS57463 NetIX Communications JSC
• AS12552 GlobalConnect AB
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS3216 PJSC "Vimpelcom"
• AS31500 Global Network Management Inc
• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth

Adjacent networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS3257 GTT Communications Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS29169 GANDI SAS
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS57463 NetIX Communications JSC
• AS3741 Dimension Data
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS12552 GlobalConnect AB
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS3216 PJSC "Vimpelcom"
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS31500 Global Network Management Inc
• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth

Internet exchanges

• LINX LON1 — London, United Kingdom
• LINX Manchester — Manchester, United Kingdom