Data as of Nov 8, 2026
148.253.220.0/23
No anonymizer space · no proxy exits in 30 daysBritish Telecommunications Limited · space held by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Registrations in this block
The registry's network records over the announcement: those covering it, widest first, then every record inside it, under its parent.
| Range | Addresses | Netname | Holder | Type | Created | Abuse contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 148.253.216.0/21 | 2,048 | defra | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (ORG-DFEF2-RIPE) · GB | LEGACY | Nov 26, 2015 | defra. |
| └ 148.253.220.0/22 | 1,024 | defra | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | LEGACY | Oct 5, 2015 | defra. via defra |
A contact marked “via” is the registry's: the record names none of its own, so the registry hands down its parent's.
Network & registry
Registry
Holder
- Organization
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Handle
- ORG-DFEF2-RIPE
- Range
- 148.
253. 216. 0/ 21 - Registration type
- LEGACY
- Record created
- Nov 26, 2015
- Legacy
- yes
Origin network
AS2856
GB
- Name
- British Telecommunications Limited
- Type
- Internet provider
- Registered
- Dec 22, 1993
- Domain
- bt.net
- Website
- www.bt.net
- Industry
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Spamhaus ASN-DROP
- not listed
- VPN servers
- 12
Routing timeline
Who has announced this prefix
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- Oct 2006
- Current origin since
- Oct 2006 · 20 yr
- Origin networks
- 1
IRR
Route objects on the exact prefix
| Origin | Registry | Description | Maintainer | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS2856 | RIPE | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | BTNET-MNT | Apr 12, 2012 |
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 148.
253. 220. 0/ 22 - Netname
- defra
- Registrant
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Registrant country
- GB
- Organization
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Org country
- GB
- Type
- LEGACY
- Created
- Oct 5, 2015
- Updated
- Oct 5, 2015
- Maintainer
- uk-defra-1-mnt
- RIR
- RIPE NCC
- Country
- GB
- Delegated
- Sep 1, 1993
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- defra.
helpline@ defra. gov. uk - Name
- Abuse-C Role
- Handle
- AR33553-RIPE