Autonomous system
AS4497 UPSTEL-NET
Residential ARIN
Summary
Upsala Co-operative Telephone Association (Sytek)
isp legacy
UPSTEL-NET is the network of the Upsala Co-operative Telephone Association, a
member-owned rural telephone cooperative in Upsala, Minnesota, which delivers
internet and phone service under the Sytek brand.
What it's used for
- Residential and small-business broadband and telephone service in central Minnesota, including Morrison, Stearns, and Todd counties.
- Fiber-to-the-premises service built out with USDA Rural Development support.
Notable
- Eyeball address space serving a small rural subscriber base — a handful of /22s rather than the large pools a metro ISP would need.
- A cooperative, not a commercial carrier: it is owned by the subscribers it serves.
Interesting
- The co-op traces its telephone service back to 1907, making it far older than the internet it now carries. Rural telephone cooperatives like this one are a recurring feature at the low end of the ASN space, having connected early and never given the number back.
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Address space
Summary
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| US | United States of America | 4 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- ARIN
- Handle
AS4497- Registry name
- UPSTEL-NET
- Registrant
- Upsala Co-operative Telephone Association
- Abuse contact
- diane@sytekcommunications.com
- Registered
- 1995-03-15
- Last changed
- 2001-10-25
- Status
- active
Reputation
Classification and threat
Residential Fixed-line consumer ISP. Addresses here are homes.
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
Threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere