AS9304 — HUTCHISON-AS-AP HGC Global Communications Limited

Network type: hosting

AS9304 announces 1,015 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,901,050 addresses and 54 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

AS9304 (HUTCHISON-AS-AP) is held by HGC Global Communications Limited, the Hong Kong fixed-line carrier that grew out of Hutchison Global Communications. It is the operator's main routing identity and one of the largest networks in the AS9000–9500 range: RIS sees 1,178 IPv4 prefixes carrying 1,777,408 addresses, 49 IPv6 prefixes, and 691 observed BGP neighbours.

What it's used for

The evidence shows a network that is doing two jobs at once. The address side is an eyeball network: HGC originates several /14s and /15s (218.188.0.0/14, 221.124.0.0/14, 118.140.0.0/14, 223.16.0.0/14, 113.252.0.0/14) — densely covered consumer-scale space, and the sampled reverse DNS confirms it, with PTRs under on-nets.com following a mechanical 5-0-16-223-on-nets.com pattern typical of bulk-assigned broadband and fixed-line customer addresses.

The neighbour count is what separates this from a purely residential ISP. Nearly seven hundred observed peers is a carrier's peering table, not an access network's, and the presence of scattered non-Hong-Kong prefixes among the announcements (including RIPE-region 2a12:ba00::/29 and ARIN-region 2602: IPv6 blocks) points at international transit and enterprise/wholesale customers riding the same ASN. HGC therefore sits in both roles: a Hong Kong retail and business access provider, and a regional carrier selling connectivity onward.

Notable

• Both consumer access and carrier peering share one ASN here, which is why the address count and neighbour count are both high.
• Nearly two million IPv4 addresses makes this one of the largest legacy Hong Kong allocations still in active use.

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

Announced prefixes

• 2.27.214.0/23
• 5.83.216.0/24
• 5.83.221.0/24
• 5.100.230.0/24
• 9.151.32.0/20
• 9.151.224.0/21
• 9.232.64.0/21
• 9.237.80.0/20
• 9.249.48.0/20
• 13.141.20.0/22
• 13.141.58.0/23
• 23.26.148.0/24
• 23.187.40.0/24
• 23.188.216.0/24
• 23.230.2.0/24
• 23.230.9.0/24
• 23.230.51.0/24
• 23.230.160.0/24
• 23.230.195.0/24
• 31.22.107.0/24
• 31.56.1.0/24
• 31.57.171.0/24
• 31.77.99.0/24
• 31.77.104.0/24
• 31.77.217.0/24
• 37.230.50.0/24
• 37.230.52.0/24
• 43.224.149.0/24
• 43.240.44.0/22
• 45.15.104.0/23
• 45.62.169.0/24
• 45.85.168.0/22
• 45.125.8.0/22
• 45.125.48.0/23
• 45.196.206.0/23
• 45.196.228.0/24
• 45.196.250.0/23
• 45.196.252.0/22
• 45.204.48.0/22
• 45.204.52.0/23
• 45.204.132.0/24
• 45.204.154.0/24
• 45.204.181.0/24
• 45.204.248.0/24
• 45.204.255.0/24
• 46.18.89.0/24
• 46.202.36.0/24
• 46.202.50.0/24
• 46.202.70.0/24
• 46.203.3.0/24
• 46.203.5.0/24
• 46.203.13.0/24
• 46.203.39.0/24
• 46.203.83.0/24
• 46.203.84.0/24
• 46.203.126.0/24
• 46.203.172.0/24
• 46.203.200.0/24
• 51.146.5.0/24
• 51.146.85.0/24
• 51.194.154.0/24
• 51.194.160.0/23
• 51.194.162.0/24
• 51.194.167.0/24
• 51.241.5.0/24
• 51.241.16.0/23
• 51.241.42.0/23
• 51.241.54.0/24
• 51.241.60.0/23
• 51.241.137.0/24
• 51.241.149.0/24
• 51.241.182.0/24
• 51.241.186.0/24
• 58.66.1.0/24
• 58.66.3.0/24
• 58.66.4.0/23
• 58.66.7.0/24
• 58.66.8.0/24
• 58.66.11.0/24
• 58.66.12.0/24
• 58.66.15.0/24
• 58.66.17.0/24
• 58.66.18.0/23
• 58.66.20.0/24
• 58.66.22.0/23
• 58.66.24.0/22
• 58.66.30.0/23
• 58.66.32.0/22
• 58.66.36.0/23
• 58.66.38.0/24
• 58.66.40.0/21
• 58.66.48.0/24
• 58.66.51.0/24
• 58.66.52.0/22
• 58.66.56.0/24
• 58.66.58.0/23
• 58.66.60.0/22
• 58.66.64.0/24
• 58.66.66.0/23
• 58.66.68.0/22

and 969 more.

Upstream networks

• AS15412 Flag Telecom UK Limited
• AS6453 TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC
• AS2914 NTT America, Inc.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS7473 Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS4635 Hong Kong Internet Exchange--Route Server 1
• AS22652 Videotron Ltee
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS3303 Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
• AS134548 DXTL Tseung Kwan O Service
• AS31500 Global Network Management Inc
• AS1103 SURF B.V.
• AS50673 Serverius Holding B.V.
• AS2497 Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS4637 Telstra Global
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS12552 GlobalConnect AB

Downstream networks

• AS45903 CMC Telecom Infrastructure Company
• AS55547 Unit D,E,F,G 28th Floor
• AS132203 Tencent Building, Kejizhongyi Avenue
• AS38186 Forewin Telecom Group Limited, ISP at HK
• AS131429 MOBIFONE Corporation
• AS10118 Hutchison Telephone Company Limited
• AS38623 ISP/IXP IN CAMBODIA WITH THE BEST VERVICE IN THERE.
• AS4766 Korea Telecom
• AS23881 UDomain Web Hosting Company Ltd
• AS17924 SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd
• AS9293 NTT Com Asia Limited
• AS5065 Bunny Communications
• AS138190 GLOBAL-ICT HONGKONG CO.LIMITED
• AS2914 NTT America, Inc.
• AS4780 Digital United Inc.
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS45250 Vocom International Telecommunications AP Area
• AS7468 Cyber Express Communication Ltd.
• AS4809 China Telecom Next Generation Carrier Network
• AS133398 Tele Asia Limited
• AS55636 TPLC Holding Ltd.,
• AS136897 Enjoyvc Cloud Group Limited.
• AS58779 i4HK Limited
• AS24334 Cyberport Hong Kong
• AS63631 Guangdong Cloudbase Technology Co., Ltd.

Adjacent networks

• AS15412 Flag Telecom UK Limited
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS6453 TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC
• AS2914 NTT America, Inc.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS45903 CMC Telecom Infrastructure Company
• AS45430 SBN-IIG/AWN-IIG transit provider
• AS7473 Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
• AS6762 TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE S.p.A.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS55547 Unit D,E,F,G 28th Floor
• AS22652 Videotron Ltee
• AS4766 Korea Telecom
• AS4635 Hong Kong Internet Exchange--Route Server 1
• AS4780 Digital United Inc.
• AS7843 Charter Communications Inc
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS38623 ISP/IXP IN CAMBODIA WITH THE BEST VERVICE IN THERE.
• AS10118 Hutchison Telephone Company Limited
• AS23764 CTGNet
• AS131429 MOBIFONE Corporation
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS38186 Forewin Telecom Group Limited, ISP at HK
• AS52320 GlobeNet Cabos Submarinos Colombia, S.A.S.

Routing security

• RPKI: 1,740 valid, 18 invalid and 75 not-found announcements; 1,450 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 61% of announcements registered; 5,833 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-263009-FORTE-TCM, AS-63529-AS-IMPORT-AS9505, AS-AMS-IX-HK-RS, AS-AMS-IX-HK-RS, AS-AMS-IX-HK-RS-SETS, AS-AMS-IX-HK-RS-SETS-V6, AS-AMS-IX-HK-RS-V6, AS-ANC, AS-BTN-CUSTOMERS, AS-CAMBRIUM-AMSIX-RS-DENY, AS-CHTR-SYNC, AS-CN, AS-CTBC-TOOLS-8, AS-DXTLTECH, AS-DXTLTECH, AS-FINECOM-PEERS-AMSIX, AS-FLAGP, AS-FLAGT, AS-FRANCEIX-PAR-LIST, AS-GBLX, AS-GIX, AS-GTTCUST, AS-GTTCUST6, AS-HGC-INTL, AS-HGCIB-IPT.

Internet exchanges

• DE-CIX Frankfurt — Frankfurt, Germany
• LINX LON1 — London, United Kingdom
• AMS-IX Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands
• France-IX Paris — Paris, France
• Equinix Internet Exchange Singapore — Singapore, Singapore
• Equinix Internet Exchange Ashburn — Ashburn, United States
• BroadBand Internet eXchange Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan
• Coresite - Any2 West — Los Angeles, United States
• Any2 California — Los Angeles, United States
• Hong Kong Internet Exchange — Hong Kong, China
• DE-CIX New York — New York, United States
• Singapore Internet Exchange — Singapore, Singapore
• Equinix Internet Exchange Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
• Taipei Internet Exchange (TPIX) — Taipei, Taiwan
• Malaysia Internet Exchange — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Equinix Internet Exchange Miami — Miami, United States
• France-IX Marseille — Marseille, France
• Equinix Internet Exchange New York — New York, United States
• DE-CIX Marseille — Marseille, France
• BroadBand Internet eXchange Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
• Korea Internet Neutral Exchange KINX — Seoul, South Korea
• AMS-IX Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
• AMS-IX Bangkok — Bangkok, Thailand
• AMS-IX Singapore — Singapore, Singapore
• AMS-IX Manila — Manila, Philippines
• Equinix-LA(former Paix) — Los Angeles, United States