Data as of Nov 6, 2026
165.166.172.0/24
4 residential-proxy exits · 30 daysMGW Telephone Company, Inc. · space held by Spirit Communications
Announcement
this exact prefix
No RPKI
Announced by
Type
Residential
Risk
0 / 100 · Low
Recent change
New origin Oct 10, 2026
from AS40641 MGW Telephone Company, Inc., after 4.4 years unannounced
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
4
1.6% of its addresses · 30 days
Providers
11
selling exits here
Oct 7, 2026 – Nov 5, 2026
Exits seen per day
1.6K observations
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Announcements
Less specific
Covering announcements
| Prefix | Origin | Type | Proxy exits | Holder | RPKI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165.166.172.0/23 since Dec 2022 | AS40641 | Residential | 4 | Spirit Communications | |
| 165.166.128.0/18 since May 2005 | AS2711 | Residential | 318 54 always on | Spirit Communications | |
| 165.166.0.0/16 since May 2005 | AS2711 | Residential | 547 107 always on | Spirit Communications |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165.166.0.0/16 | 65,536 | IAVE-165NET | Spirit Communications (SCTGHL-Z) · US | Direct Allocation | Jul 1, 1993 | abuse@ |
| └ 165.166.172.0/24 | 256 | NET-165-166-172-0-1 | MGW Telephone (C01869912) · US | Reassigned | Jan 25, 2008 | abuse@ via IAVE-165NET |
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
- Spirit Communications
- Handle
- SCTGHL-Z
- Range
- 165.
166. 0. 0/ 16 - Registration type
- Direct Allocation
- Record created
- Jul 1, 1993
- Legacy
- yes
Origin network
AS40641
US
- Name
- MGW Telephone Company, Inc.
- Type
- Internet provider
- Registered
- Feb 19, 2008
- Domain
- mgwnet.com
- Industry
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Spamhaus ASN-DROP
- not listed
Routing timeline
Covering aggregate above, the prefix's own history below
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- Mar 2008
- Current origin since
- Oct 10, 2026 · under a month
- Origin networks
- 2
- Last change of origin
- May 2014
Recorded history
History
- Handoffs
- 2
IRR
Route objects on the exact prefix
| Origin | Registry | Description | Maintainer | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS40641 | RADB | Proxy-registered route object | MAINT-AS7795 | Nov 13, 2023 |
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 165.
166. 172. 0/ 24 - Netname
- NET-165-166-172-0-1
- Registrant
- MGW Telephone
- Organization
- MGW Telephone (C01869912)
- Type
- Reassigned
- Handle
- NET-165-166-172-0-1
- Parent
- NET-165-166-0-0-1
- Created
- Jan 25, 2008
- RIR
- ARIN
- Country
- US
- Delegated
- Jul 1, 1993
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- abuse@
segra. com - Name
- Abuse
- Phone
- +1-800-277-4105
- Handle
- ABUSE8715-ARIN