Autonomous system
AS36817 MCSNET
Residential RIPE Cable/DSL/ISP
Summary
MCSnet
isp rural wireless residential
The AS handle MCSNET is operated by MCSnet, a Canadian internet service provider.
What it's used for
- The address space carries residential and business internet access, evidenced by reverse DNS entries like
h72-172-104-0.mcsnet.caand netnames such asMCSNET-NB3. - With 38400 IPv4 addresses announced across 10 prefixes and 10 observed neighbours, the ratio indicates an access network serving end-users rather than a transit provider.
Notable
- All registrants in the RDAP data are listed as MCSNet, consistent with the AS holder.
- MCSnet is one of Canada's largest privately-owned ISPs, serving rural communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan with fixed wireless and fiber infrastructure.
- The inventory consists of 10 IPv4 prefixes with no IPv6 prefixes announced, reflecting a primarily IPv4-based access network.
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
Recorded at 2 exchanges in 2 countries, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Internet Exchange | Seattle, United States | 206.81.81.16 |
| YYCIX Calgary Internet Exchange | Calgary, Canada | 206.126.225.93 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-11, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 10 prefixes · 38.40K addresses IPv6 0 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| CA | Canada | 10 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS36817- Registry name
- MCSNET
- Registrant
- MCSNet
- Abuse contact
- abuse@mcsnet.ca
- Registered
- 2006-05-04
- Last changed
- 2012-03-20
- Allocation
- assigned
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- MCSnet
- Network type
- Cable/DSL/ISP
- Scope
- Regional
- Traffic ratio
- Mostly Inbound
- Peering policy
- Selective
- IRR as-set
AS-MCSNET- Present at
- 3 exchanges
- Website
- http://www.mcsnet.ca
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
- 0% valid · 0 valid, 11 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 0 authorising AS36817
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 11 of 11 announcements
- Route objects
- 18 naming AS36817
Reputation
Classification and threat
Residential Fixed-line consumer ISP. Addresses here are homes.
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: 432 networks and 1,768 prefixes, as published 2026-10-12. 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