Observed topology
AS16637 MTN SA - MTN SA
Mobile AFRINIC NSP
Transit
Upstream networks
Networks observed carrying traffic for AS16637: the AS immediately before it in a routing path. Ranked by how many paths showed the relationship, which reflects how widely it is used, not how much traffic crosses it.
| AS | Network | Type | Families | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS6939 | Hurricane Electric LLC | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 3,951 |
| AS1299 | Arelion Sweden AB | Transit | IPv4 | 3,723 |
| AS3356 | Level 3 Parent, LLC | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 2,750 |
| AS174 | Cogent Communications, LLC | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 840 |
| AS34549 | meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG | Hosting | IPv4 | 286 |
| AS24482 | SG.GS | Hosting | IPv4 IPv6 | 211 |
| AS37100 | SEACOM Limited | Unclassified | IPv4 | 207 |
| AS3741 | Dimension Data | Unclassified | IPv4 | 200 |
| AS37721 | Virtual Technologies & Solutions | Residential | IPv4 | 118 |
| AS48185 | team.blue NV | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 118 |
Transit
Downstream networks
Networks for which AS16637 was observed as the last hop before the origin, meaning it appears to provide them transit.
| AS | Network | Type | Families | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS29465 | MTN NIGERIA Communication limited | Mobile | IPv4 IPv6 | 29,843 |
| AS30986 | Scancom Limited | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 18,122 |
| AS12091 | MTN SA | Unclassified | IPv4 | 8,237 |
| AS30992 | MTN Network Solutions (Cameroon) | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 7,013 |
| AS36974 | MTN COTE D'IVOIRE S.A | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 6,079 |
| AS36972 | MTN SUDAN | Unclassified | IPv4 | 4,947 |
| AS20294 | MTN Uganda | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 4,513 |
| AS9129 | MTN SA | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 4,037 |
| AS14593 | Space Exploration Technologies Corporation | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 3,614 |
| AS36890 | MTN Rwandacell | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 3,120 |
Adjacency
Adjacent networks
Every AS seen directly next to AS16637 in a routing path, in either direction.
| AS | Network | Type | Families | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS6939 | Hurricane Electric LLC | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 70,253 |
| AS29465 | MTN NIGERIA Communication limited | Mobile | IPv4 IPv6 | 38,375 |
| AS1299 | Arelion Sweden AB | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 18,732 |
| AS30986 | Scancom Limited | Residential | IPv4 IPv6 | 18,699 |
| AS3356 | Level 3 Parent, LLC | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 17,291 |
| AS20294 | MTN Uganda | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 12,526 |
| AS174 | Cogent Communications, LLC | Transit | IPv4 IPv6 | 10,098 |
| AS9129 | MTN SA | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 9,529 |
| AS12091 | MTN SA | Unclassified | IPv4 | 8,237 |
| AS30992 | MTN Network Solutions (Cameroon) | Unclassified | IPv4 IPv6 | 7,238 |
Provenance
Where this comes from
Derived from routing tables collected at 2026-11-05 10:00 UTC by route-views2,rrc00, as seen from 76 BGP vantage points across 73.57M route entries. These are observations from those vantage points, not a complete or authoritative view of the internet.
Inferred from path position, not from any declaration by either party. A network appearing here is carrying these routes; whether that is a paid transit arrangement, a backup, or something else is not something routing data can tell you. Adjacency is not the same as peering. Being next to each other in a path covers paid transit, settlement-free peering and customer connections alike, and routing data cannot distinguish them. Treat this as "these networks exchange routes", nothing more specific.
Cross-check against RIPEstat or BGP.tools, which observe from a different and larger set of vantage points.