Autonomous system
AS36968 ECN-AS1
Residential AFRINIC Cable/DSL/ISP
Summary
ECN
residential isp cable dsl
The AS handle ECN-AS1 is held by Electronic Communications Network (PTY) LTD.
What it's used for
- The space carries residential access traffic, evidenced by the reverse DNS record
dsl-41-75-139-254.za.ecnza.netwhich identifies DSL connectivity. - The network announces 25600 IPv4 addresses across 9 prefixes and maintains 21 observed neighbours, a ratio consistent with a regional access provider rather than a transit hub.
Notable
- Registrants for the majority of prefixes align with the announcer, specifically
Electronic Communications Network (PTY) LTDunder the netnameORG-ECN1-AFRINIC. - The address inventory is subdivided into multiple blocks, including two /19s and several smaller /20 to /23 prefixes, indicating site-by-site or service-specific segmentation.
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Interconnection
Peering at a glance
Internet exchanges
Recorded at 6 exchanges in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | Johannesburg, South Africa | 196.60.8.219 |
| NAPAfrica IX Cape Town | Cape Town, South Africa | 196.60.70.54 |
| Johannesburg Internet Exchange | Johannesburg, South Africa | 196.60.96.118 |
| NAPAfrica IX Durban | Durban, South Africa | 196.10.141.219 |
| Cape Town Internet Exchange | Cape Town, South Africa | 196.223.22.118 |
| Durban Internet eXchange | Durban, South Africa | 196.223.30.118 |
Transit providers
6 upstream, 0 downstream and 7 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
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 9 prefixes · 25.60K addresses IPv6 1 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| ZA | South Africa | 10 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- AFRINIC
- Registered
- 2007-08-09
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- ECN
- Also known as
- ECN
- Network type
- Cable/DSL/ISP
- Scope
- Regional
- Traffic ratio
- Balanced
- Peering policy
- Selective
- IRR as-set
AS36968- Present at
- 6 exchanges
- Facilities
- 3 facilities
- Website
- http://www.ecn.co.za
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, 117 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 0 authorising AS36968
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 117 of 117 announcements
- Route objects
- 28 naming AS36968
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: 431 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