Autonomous system
AS6871 PLUSNET UK Internet Service Provider
Residential RIPE
IPv4 addresses
2.10M
59 prefixes
IPv6 prefixes
2
counted as prefixes, not addresses
Countries
1
mostly GB
Flagged prefixes
0
none
Summary
Plusnet
isp residential eyeball dsl fiber
Plusnet is a UK consumer broadband provider (AS6871, registered to British
Telecommunications PLC), operating as BT's value brand.
What it's used for
- Residential DSL and fibre home internet for UK households, positioned as a lower-cost alternative to the main BT brand.
Notable
- An "eyeball" network: addresses here are home connections, not servers.
- Plusnet is wholly owned by BT and rides on the Openreach access network; it is known for its Yorkshire-based support.
Interesting
- Plusnet began as an independent Sheffield ISP before BT acquired it and kept the brand as its budget offering.
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Address space
Summary
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| GB | United Kingdom | 61 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- RIPE
- Handle
AS6871- Registry name
- Plusnet
- Registrant
- BTNET-INFRA-MNT
- Abuse contact
- abuse@bt.com
- Registered
- 2002-08-08
- Last changed
- 2018-09-04
- 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