AS8163 — Metrotel SA ESP

AS8163 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 67,584 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Metrotel S.A. E.S.P. is a Colombian fixed-line fibre operator, originally out of Barranquilla on the Caribbean coast and now also present in Bogotá. It announces roughly 67,000 IPv4 addresses.

What it's used for

• Fibre broadband to homes, offices and commercial buildings in its Colombian service area, plus corporate connectivity.
• The space is entirely LACNIC-registered Colombian ranges (190.182.0.0/18, 190.1.128.0 upward, 200.89.x, 201.220.x), announced as a couple of large aggregates plus many deaggregated /24s.

Notable

• An IP here is normally a subscriber, home or business, on Metrotel's own fibre — not a server. It is an access network, not a hosting one.
• Almost none of the space carries reverse DNS, which is common for Latin American access providers and means rDNS gives no help identifying a given host.
• E.S.P. in the name is the Colombian legal designation Empresa de Servicios Públicos (public-utility company); it is not part of a brand.

Interesting

• The AS has a single upstream, Colombia Telecomunicaciones, so despite its size it is a leaf network rather than a regional transit provider.

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

Announced prefixes

• 186.121.120.0/21
• 190.1.128.0/18
• 190.182.0.0/17
• 200.89.96.0/19
• 201.220.64.0/19
• 2803:fd00::/32

Upstream networks

• AS3816 COLOMBIA TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. ESP BIC

Adjacent networks

• AS3816 COLOMBIA TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. ESP BIC