AS9680 — HINETUSA HiNet Service Center in U.S.A

Network type: residential

AS9680 announces 1 IPv4 prefixes covering 4,096 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

AS9680 (HINETUSA) is the HiNet Service Center in the U.S.A., registered to the Data Communication Business Group of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. — Taiwan's largest integrated telecom operator and the parent of the HiNet ISP brand. It is the US-facing arm of that network, distinct from HiNet's main Taiwanese AS.

What it's used for

The routing evidence describes a peering and presence AS rather than a service network. RIS sees exactly 1 IPv4 prefix carrying 4,096 addresses (202.39.80.0/20), no IPv6, and 43 observed BGP neighbours. That ratio is the point: a network with a single /20 to its name but four dozen BGP adjacencies is not an access network and is not a hosting farm. It is a carrier's overseas point of presence, exchanging routes at US interconnection points on behalf of the parent backbone and terminating the US-side services of Chunghwa's international business.

Reverse DNS on the sampled addresses resolves under hinet-ip.hinet.net, HiNet's generic assignment naming, so the space is used as ordinary HiNet-assigned addressing rather than being branded separately for a US product.

Notable

• Do not confuse this with HiNet's main Taiwanese eyeball network, which is a different and vastly larger AS. AS9680's role is US interconnection and service presence, not subscriber access.
• The single /20 has not grown: the AS exists for its peering position, not for the address space it holds.

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

Announced prefixes

• 202.39.80.0/20

Upstream networks

• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS6762 TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE S.p.A.
• AS11164 Internet2
• AS7575 Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS2497 Internet Initiative Japan Inc.

Downstream networks

• AS3462 Data Communication Business Group
• AS131660 Data Communication Business Group,
• AS54825 Packet Host, Inc.
• AS9505 Taiwan Internet Gateway

Adjacent networks

• AS3462 Data Communication Business Group
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS6762 TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE S.p.A.
• AS11164 Internet2
• AS6453 TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC
• AS5511 Orange S.A.
• AS7575 Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
• AS131660 Data Communication Business Group,
• AS9505 Taiwan Internet Gateway
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS54825 Packet Host, Inc.
• AS40065 CNSERVERS LLC
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS2497 Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
• AS4637 Telstra Global

Internet exchanges

• Coresite - Any2 West — Los Angeles, United States
• Any2 California — Los Angeles, United States
• Equinix Internet Exchange Los Angeles — Los Angeles, United States
• Equinix Internet Exchange Palo Alto — Palo Alto, United States
• Equinix Los Angeles IBX — Los Angeles, United States