Report for 6255

Name

CHANNEL1 - Channel 1 Communications, US

AS Adjacency Report

In the context of this report "Upstream" indicates that there is an adjacent AS that lines between the BGP table collection point (in this case at AS4637) and the specified AS. Similarly, "Downstream" refers to an adjacent AS that lies beyond the specified AS. This upstream / downstream categorisation is strictly a description relative topology, and should not be confused with provider / customer / peer inter-AS relationships.

6255 CHANNEL1 - Channel 1 Communications

  Adjacency:     1  Upstream:     1  Downstream:     0
  Upstream Adjacent AS list
    AS1239    SPRINTLINK - Sprint

Announced Prefixes

Rank  AS       Type    Originate Addr Space  (pfx)   Transit Addr space  (pfx)  Description
6282  AS6255   ORIGIN  Originate:       9728 /18.75  Transit:          0 /0.00  CHANNEL1 - Channel 1 Communications

Aggregation Suggestions

        Filter: Aggregates, Specifics

This report does not take into account conditions local to each origin AS in terms of policy or traffic engineering requirements, so this is an approximate guideline as to aggregation possibilities.

 Rank AS            AS Name                                      Current  Wthdw  Aggte  Annce Redctn       %
 2879 AS6255  CHANNEL1 - Channel 1 Communications           7      4      1      4      3  42.86%


  Prefix               AS Path                              Aggregation Suggestion
  199.1.13.0/24        4637 3491 3561 1239 6255   
  204.96.32.0/23       4637 3491 3561 1239 6255 + Announce - aggregate of 204.96.32.0/24 (4637 3491 3561 1239 6255) and 204.96.33.0/24 (4637 3491 3561 1239 6255)
  204.96.32.0/24       4637 3491 3561 1239 6255 - Withdrawn - aggregated with 204.96.33.0/24 (4637 3491 3561 1239 6255)
  204.96.33.0/24       4637 3491 3561 1239 6255 - Withdrawn - aggregated with 204.96.32.0/24 (4637 3491 3561 1239 6255)
  204.96.34.0/24       4637 3491 3561 1239 6255   
  205.240.160.0/19     4637 3491 3561 1239 6255   
  205.240.163.0/24     4637 3491 3561 1239 6255 - Withdrawn - matching aggregate 205.240.160.0/19 4637 3491 3561 1239 6255
  205.240.168.0/24     4637 3491 3561 1239 6255 - Withdrawn - matching aggregate 205.240.160.0/19 4637 3491 3561 1239 6255

Advertisements that are fragments of the original RIR allocation (more specifics) originated by this AS.

AS6255   7 More Specifics   7 Total Advertisements   CHANNEL1 - Channel 1 Communications
    199.1.13.0/24                 199.0.0.0/14
    204.96.32.0/24                204.94.0.0/14
    204.96.33.0/24                204.94.0.0/14
    204.96.34.0/24                204.94.0.0/14
    205.240.160.0/19              205.240.0.0/13
    205.240.163.0/24              205.240.0.0/13
    205.240.168.0/24              205.240.0.0/13

Whois Entry

whois: 402603

IANA has recorded AS6255 as originally allocated by 
/usr/bin/whois -h jwhois.apnic.netr "AS6255\n             
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             ASNumber:       6255
             ASName:         CHANNEL1
             ASHandle:       AS6255
             RegDate:        
             Updated:        1996-02-08
             Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/6255
             
             
             OrgName:        Channel 1 Communications
             OrgId:          C1C-2
             Address:        1030 Massachusetts Ave
             Address:        Cambridge MA 02138
             City:           
             StateProv:      
             PostalCode:     
             Country:        US
             RegDate:        
             Updated:        2012-10-10
             Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/C1C-2
             
             
             OrgTechHandle: BM82-ARIN
             OrgTechName:   Miller, Brian 
             OrgTechPhone:  +1-617-864-0100 
             OrgTechEmail:  brian@channel1.com
             OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BM82-ARIN
             
             OrgAbuseHandle: BM82-ARIN
             OrgAbuseName:   Miller, Brian 
             OrgAbusePhone:  +1-617-864-0100 
             OrgAbuseEmail:  brian@channel1.com
             OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BM82-ARIN
             
             RTechHandle: BM82-ARIN
             RTechName:   Miller, Brian 
             RTechPhone:  +1-617-864-0100 
             RTechEmail:  brian@channel1.com
             RTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/BM82-ARIN
             
             
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