Data as of Nov 7, 2026

142.173.232.0/21

Anonymizer · ISP proxy203 residential-proxy exits · 30 days

RCN · space held by TELUS Communications Inc.

Announcement
this exact prefix
RPKI valid
Announced by
Type
ISP proxy
Risk
90 / 100 · Critical
Recent change
New origin Aug 2026
its first announcement on record

Residential-proxy exits

Proxy exits
203
9.9% of its addresses · 30 days
Always-on exits
37
18% of its exits
Spread
7 of 8
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
26
selling exits here
Oct 8, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026

Exits seen per day

211K observations

/24s with the most always-on exits

Proxy providers listing exits

  • Ake.net
  • BottingTools
  • Byteful
  • CatProxies
  • ColaProxy
  • DataImpulse
  • Datarama
  • EVOPROXY
  • EZProxies
  • Geonode
  • IPRoyal
  • InfiniteProxies
  • KocerRoxy
  • LemonBright
  • MagneticProxy
  • NextProxy
  • PacketStream
  • Proxmint
  • Proxy4U
  • ProxyGeo
  • ProxyRack
  • ProxyWing
  • Proxying
  • RH7Proxy
  • Thordata
  • WealthProxies
IPv4 market

Path

Announced by AS6079 since Aug 2026 · 13 wk ago
1 · Holder
record created Aug 26, 1992
2 · Leased from
3 · Announced by
AS6079 RCN
since Aug 2026 · 13 wk ago
4 · Use
ISP proxy
anonymizer space, operator not named

Operators, sellers and brokers

Leased from

IP brokers

NameIn 142.173.232.0/21/24s
IPv4.Global
2,048100%
8
Leased from

Owners leasing their own space

NameIn 142.173.232.0/21/24s
TELUS Communications Inc.
2,048100%
8

Lineage

How this block came to its use, oldest first. The whole IPv4 market →

142.173.232.0/21

From the registry to its use

  1. Aug 26, 1992
    Registry record
    TELUS Communications Inc.
    Direct Allocation (legacy, pre-1997)
    142.173.0.0/16
  2. Aug 6, 2026
    Route object
    AS6079 RCN
    ARIN route object for AS6079 RCN, maintainer MNT-TACE
  3. Aug 11, 2026– today
    Announced
    AS6079 RCN
    Internet provider
  4. today
    Leased from
    IPv4.Global
    IP broker

Network & registry

Origin network

AS6079

US
Name
RCN
Type
Internet provider
Registered
Apr 4, 2001
Domain
astound.com
Website
www.astound.com
Industry
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Spamhaus ASN-DROP
not listed