Autonomous system
AS46231 WATCHCOMM-IN
Residential ARIN Cable/DSL/ISP
Summary
Watch Communications
cable dsl isp ohio
WATCHCOMM-IN is held by Watch Communications.
What it's used for
- The address space carries cable and DSL subscriber traffic, evidenced by netnames like
WATCHCOMM-EAST-OH-3andWATCH-WCOIL-BLK, and reverse DNS entries such aspm5-47.kenton.da.wcoil.comandclientdns1.watchcomm.net. - The AS announces 87,552 IPv4 addresses across 24 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, with 11 observed neighbours; this high address-to-neighbour ratio indicates an access network rather than a transit provider.
- Traffic consists of residential and small business broadband users in Ohio and surrounding regions, served via fixed wireless and fiber infrastructure.
Notable
- All registrants in the RDAP sample are listed as Watch Communications, consistent with the AS holder.
- The address inventory is subdivided into numerous /19, /20, and smaller blocks, reflecting site-by-site segmentation for different service areas.
- Reverse DNS includes references to
omnicity.netandwcoil.com, indicating historical or operational ties to Omnicity, Inc, which is identified in secondary sources as an alternate name for Watch Communications.
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 3 exchanges in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| Equinix Internet Exchange Chicago | Chicago, United States | 208.115.136.198 |
| Ohio IX | Columbus, United States | 206.53.204.32 |
| FD-IX - Indianapolis | Indianapolis, United States | 206.53.139.26 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-14, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 28 prefixes · 87.55K addresses IPv6 3 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| US | United States of America | 31 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- ARIN
- Handle
AS46231- Registry name
- WATCHCOMM-IN
- Registrant
- Watch Communications
- Abuse contact
- larryhymer@corp.watchcomm.net
- Registered
- 2008-07-22
- Last changed
- 2018-11-15
- Allocation
- assigned
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Omnicity, Inc
- Also known as
- Watch Communications
- Network type
- Cable/DSL/ISP
- Scope
- North America
- Traffic ratio
- Heavy Inbound
- Peering policy
- Selective
- IRR as-set
AS46231:AS-CONE- Present at
- 2 exchanges
- Facilities
- 3 facilities
- Website
- http://watchcomm.net
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, 31 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 1 authorising AS46231
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 97% registered · 30 of 31 announcements
- Route objects
- 38 naming AS46231
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: 442 networks and 1,771 prefixes, as published 2026-10-15. 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