British Telecommunications Limited
AS6871 is British Telecommunications Limited (plus.net). It announces 2,097,664 IPv4 addresses in 61 prefixes, and 3 IPv6 prefixes.
United Kingdom· RIPE· allocated 1996-12-13· isp
Where its space is
The IPv4 it announces that IP Geolocation places, by country. A /24 counts for the AS announcing most of it.
- United Kingdom1,704,448 · 81.25%
- United States393,216 · 18.75%
Registry record
Its ASN Whois record, as the registry publishes it.
- handle
- Plusnet
- name
- British Telecommunications Limited
- org
- ORG-BPIS1-RIPE
- org name
- British Telecommunications Limited
- org address
- PP1, Floor1, Orion, Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, IP5 3RE, Ipswich, UNITED KINGDOM
- org country
- GB
- country
- GB
- source
- ripe
- status
- ASSIGNED
- created
- 2002-08-08
- updated
- 2018-09-04
- descr
- UK Internet Service Provider / DSL, Unmetered, PAYG and Internet Services
- remarks
- | **** Transit Links **** | / | **** Private Peering Agreements **** | / | **** LINX **** | / | **** LONAP **** | / | **** Transit Customers **** | / | PlusNet PLC has an open peering policy providing | / | sessions are MD5'd. Arrange @ peering@plus.net. | / | LINX (Foundry) | / | linx-gw1.plus.net 10Gbps Telehouse East | / | LINX
- maintainer
- RIPE-NCC-END-MNT|BTNET-INFRA-MNT|MAINT-AS6871
- abuse name
- Abuse-C Role
- abuse email
- abuse@bt.com
- abuse kind
- role
What the databases see
Addresses each address-keyed database holds in the IPv4 it announces, as a share of that space, with its largest providers. Counts overlap.
- VPN IP12,324draytek, watchguard, cisco0.59%
- Residential Proxy IP43,372dataimpulse, anyip, proxyempire2.07%
- floppydata, dataimpulse0.00%
- floppydata0.03%
- Tor IP120.00%
- None here
- Hosting IP336,38416.04%
- None here
- None here
- None here
- SSH IP2,0200.10%
- SMTP IP4230.02%
- 0.02%
IPv4 prefixes
Every IPv4 prefix BGP Route saw it announce. A prefix another AS also announces says so.
| PREFIX | COUNTRY | RPKI | PEERS | FIRST SEEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.108.0.0/14 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 31.125.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 31.185.32.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 31.185.128.0/17 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 37.152.192.0/18 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 46.208.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 51.6.0.0/15 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 51.9.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 80.189.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 80.229.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 81.174.128.0/17 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 83.216.128.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 84.51.128.0/18 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 84.92.0.0/15 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 87.112.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 87.113.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 87.114.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 87.115.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 91.125.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 143.159.0.0/16 | United States | not found | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 146.66.32.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 146.90.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 146.198.0.0/16 | United States | not found | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 146.199.0.0/16 | United States | not found | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 146.200.0.0/16 | United States | not found | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 147.147.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 150.143.0.0/16 | United States | not found | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 194.75.0.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 194.75.80.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 194.75.220.0/22 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 195.99.8.0/21 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 195.99.32.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 195.99.88.0/21 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 195.99.224.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 195.166.128.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 195.213.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 209.93.0.0/16 | United States | not found | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.56.64.0/18 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.140.0.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.140.32.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.140.48.0/21 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.159.0.0/17 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.159.0.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.159.8.0/23 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.159.32.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 212.159.64.0/18 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 213.31.0.0/16 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 213.162.96.0/19 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.32.30.0/23 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.32.32.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.32.112.0/22 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.32.148.0/22 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.32.152.0/21 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.32.160.0/22 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.32.176.0/22 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.39.16.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.39.112.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.45.24.0/21 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.45.96.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.46.24.0/22 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| 217.46.128.0/20 | United Kingdom | valid | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
IPv6 prefixes
Every IPv6 prefix BGP Route saw it announce.
| PREFIX | COUNTRY | RPKI | PEERS | FIRST SEEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a02:16c8::/32 | United Kingdom | valid | 20 | 2026-10-02 |
| 2a02:16c8::/35 | United Kingdom | invalid:length | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| 2a06:7200::/29 | United Kingdom | valid | 20 | 2026-10-02 |
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