Autonomous system
AS703 UUNET
Unclassified ARIN
Summary
UUNET (Verizon Business)
transit legacy
An early allocation (UUNET) belonging to UUNET, one of the first commercial
internet service providers. UUNET was absorbed into MCI/WorldCom and is now part
of Verizon Business.
What it's used for
- Backbone and transit networking inherited from the historic UUNET commercial ISP business.
Notable
- A low AS number reflects an early-internet allocation, handed out roughly sequentially in the internet's first years.
Interesting
- UUNET, founded in 1987, was a pioneer in providing commercial internet access and helped carry a large share of early global traffic.
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Address space
Summary
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| US | United States of America | 209 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- ARIN
- Handle
AS701- Registry name
- UUNET
- Registrant
- Verizon Business
- Abuse contact
- abuse@verizon.com
- Registered
- 1990-08-03
- Last changed
- 2022-05-31
- Status
- active
Reputation
Classification and threat
Unclassified Not in the curated lists. Most of the ~80,000 allocated ASNs are not.
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