Autonomous system
AS56478 BCUBE-AS
Residential RIPE
Summary
Hyperoptic
residential isp fiber uk
BCUBE-AS is operated by Hyperoptic Ltd.
What it's used for
- The address space carries residential broadband traffic, evidenced by reverse DNS entries pointing to
bcube.co.ukand registrant netnames such asUK-BCUBE-19900326andUK-BCUBE-19900110. - The AS announces 141,312 IPv4 addresses across 42 prefixes and maintains 92 observed neighbours, a ratio consistent with a regional access network rather than a transit provider.
- Traffic consists of subscriber eyeballs for Hyperoptic's fibre-to-the-home service, which provides high-speed internet to residential customers in the United Kingdom.
Notable
- All sampled registrants are listed as Hyperoptic Ltd, aligning with the AS holder and confirming consistent ownership of the announced space.
- Hyperoptic Ltd was incorporated in 2010 as bcube Limited and subsequently rebranded to Hyperoptic, explaining the retention of the
bcubedomain in reverse DNS records. - The inventory includes a mix of legacy and modern prefixes, with the largest block being 143.58.128.0/17, reflecting the company's growth and acquisition of address space over time.
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Interconnection
Peering at a glance
Internet exchanges
Recorded at 3 exchanges in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| LINX LON1 | London, United Kingdom | 195.66.227.79 |
| London Network Access Point | London, United Kingdom | 5.57.80.191 |
| LINX Manchester | Manchester, United Kingdom | 195.66.244.72 |
Transit providers
25 upstream, 0 downstream and 34 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 2026-10-14, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 42 prefixes · 141K addresses IPv6 1 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| GB | United Kingdom | 43 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS56478- Registry name
- BCUBE-AS
- Registrant
- MNT-BCUBE
- Abuse contact
- abuse@hyperoptic.com
- Registered
- 2011-03-01
- Last changed
- 2018-09-04
- Allocation
- allocated
Routing security
RPKI and IRR
- RPKI
- 100% valid · 112 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 130 authorising AS56478
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 112 of 112 announcements
- Route objects
- 138 naming AS56478
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 1,773 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