AS6871 — PLUSNET UK Internet Service Provider

Network type: residential

AS6871 announces 53 IPv4 prefixes covering 2,097,664 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Plusnet is a UK consumer broadband provider (AS6871, registered to British Telecommunications PLC), operating as BT's value brand.

What it's used for

• Residential DSL and fibre home internet for UK households, positioned as a lower-cost alternative to the main BT brand.

Notable

• An "eyeball" network: addresses here are home connections, not servers.
• Plusnet is wholly owned by BT and rides on the Openreach access network; it is known for its Yorkshire-based support.

Interesting

• Plusnet began as an independent Sheffield ISP before BT acquired it and kept the brand as its budget offering.

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

Announced prefixes

• 31.108.0.0/14
• 31.125.0.0/16
• 31.185.32.0/19
• 31.185.128.0/17
• 37.152.192.0/18
• 46.208.0.0/16
• 51.6.0.0/15
• 51.9.0.0/16
• 80.189.0.0/16
• 80.229.0.0/16
• 81.174.128.0/17
• 83.216.128.0/19
• 84.51.128.0/18
• 84.92.0.0/15
• 87.112.0.0/14
• 91.125.0.0/16
• 143.159.0.0/16
• 146.66.32.0/19
• 146.90.0.0/16
• 146.198.0.0/15
• 146.200.0.0/16
• 147.147.0.0/16
• 150.143.0.0/16
• 194.75.0.0/19
• 194.75.80.0/20
• 194.75.220.0/22
• 195.99.8.0/21
• 195.99.32.0/19
• 195.99.88.0/21
• 195.99.224.0/20
• 195.166.128.0/19
• 195.213.0.0/16
• 209.93.0.0/16
• 212.56.64.0/18
• 212.140.0.0/19
• 212.140.32.0/20
• 212.140.48.0/21
• 212.159.0.0/17
• 213.31.0.0/16
• 213.162.96.0/19
• 217.32.30.0/23
• 217.32.32.0/20
• 217.32.112.0/22
• 217.32.148.0/22
• 217.32.152.0/21
• 217.32.160.0/22
• 217.32.176.0/22
• 217.39.16.0/20
• 217.39.112.0/20
• 217.45.24.0/21
• 217.45.96.0/20
• 217.46.24.0/22
• 217.46.128.0/20
• 2a02:16c8::/32
• 2a06:7200::/29

Upstream networks

• AS2856 British Telecommunications Limited

Adjacent networks

• AS2856 British Telecommunications Limited