Autonomous system
AS33874 VFM-AS Epic Communications Limited
Unclassified RIPE Cable/DSL/ISP
Summary
Epic Communications Limited
mobile residential isp malta
The AS handle VFM-AS is held by Epic Communications Limited, the largest mobile network operator in Malta.
What it's used for
- The address space carries mobile and fixed access traffic, evidenced by reverse DNS entries such as
s254.151-25-77.epic.com.mtands254.247-25-77.fixed.internet.epic.com.mt. - The AS announces 84224 IPv4 addresses across 16 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, while maintaining only 10 observed neighbours, a ratio indicative of an access or eyeball network rather than a transit provider.
Notable
- All registrants in the evidence pack are consistent with the announcer, listing Epic Communications Limited or Epic Communications Ltd for every prefix.
- The operator was previously known as Telecell Limited (1989–1997) and Vodafone Limited (1997–2020) before rebranding to Epic Communications Limited.
- The inventory consists of a mix of /19, /20, /21, /22, and /24 blocks, with the largest being 37.75.32.0/19 and 77.25.128.0/19.
This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.
Interconnection
Peering at a glance
Internet exchanges
No exchange port on file. Many exchanges publish no participant list, so this is not proof of absence.
Transit providers
1 upstream, 8 downstream and 11 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
| AS | Network | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|
| AS6758 | Monaco Telecom S.A. | 4,098 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-13, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 16 prefixes · 84.22K addresses IPv6 1 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| MT | Malta | 17 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS33874- Registry name
- VFM-AS
- Registrant
- Epic Communications Limited
- Abuse contact
- abuse@epic.com.mt
- Registered
- 2004-08-25
- Last changed
- 2023-11-06
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- VFM
- Also known as
- Epic Communications Ltd
- Network type
- Cable/DSL/ISP
- Scope
- Europe
- Traffic ratio
- Not Disclosed
- Peering policy
- Selective
- IRR as-set
AS-VFM- Website
- https://epic.com.mt
PeeringDB records are maintained by the network operator and are not independently verified. Treat them as a statement of intent rather than of fact. For the observed and recorded view, see peering, which lists the exchanges Packet Clearing House has a port on file for.
Routing security
RPKI and IRR
- RPKI
- 100% valid · 69 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 71 authorising AS33874
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 69 of 69 announcements
- Route objects
- 85 naming AS33874
Reputation
Classification and threat
Unclassified Not in the curated lists. Most of the ~80,000 allocated ASNs are not.
Spamhaus DROP
Not on ASN-DROP The network as a whole is not listed.
No DROP prefixes None of its announced space is on the DROP prefix list.
Spamhaus DROP ("Don't Route Or Peer") lists space and networks run by, or hijacked for, spam and cybercrime operations: 436 networks and 1,771 prefixes, as published 2026-10-13. A short, high-confidence list, so a match is worth taking seriously, and absence from it says little on its own.
FBI IC3
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
IC3 threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere