Data as of Nov 7, 2026
196.8.213.0/24
1 residential-proxy exit · 30 daysParatus Telecommunications Limited · space held by The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
Announcement
this exact prefix
No RPKI
Announced by
Type
Business
Risk
30 / 100 · Medium
Recently moved
Recent change
New origin Aug 2026
from AS10798 The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
1
0.39% of its addresses · 30 days
Oct 8, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026
Exits seen per day
1 observation
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196.8.0.0/16 | 65,536 | NETBLK-STANNET | The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited (ORG-TSBO2-AFRINIC) · ZA | ALLOCATED PA | — | — |
| └ 196.8.213.0/24 | 256 | Standard-Bank-Namibia | The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited (ORG-TSBO2-AFRINIC) · ZA | SUB-ALLOCATED PA | — | — |
Network & registry
Registry
Holder
- Organization
- The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
- Handle
- ORG-TSBO2-AFRINIC
- Range
- 196.
8. 0. 0/ 16 - Registration type
- ALLOCATED PA
Origin network
AS33763
MU
- Name
- Paratus Telecommunications Limited
- Type
- Internet provider
- Registered
- Oct 29, 2004
- Domain
- paratus.africa
- Website
- www.paratus.africa
- Industry
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Spamhaus ASN-DROP
- not listed
Routing timeline
Who has announced this prefix
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Rotating
- First seen
- May 2011
- Current origin since
- Aug 2026 · 2 mo
- Origin networks
- 3
- Last change of origin
- Aug 2026
Recorded history
History
- Handoffs
- 3
IRR
Route objects on the exact prefix
| Origin | Registry | Description | Maintainer | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS10798 not the origin | RADB | MTN Namibia | MAINT-AS2905 | Jul 25, 2025 |
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 196.
8. 213. 0/ 24 - Netname
- Standard-Bank-Namibia
- Registrant
- The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
- Registrant country
- NA
- Organization
- The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited (ORG-TSBO2-AFRINIC)
- Org country
- ZA
- Type
- SUB-ALLOCATED PA
- Parent
- 196.
8. 0. 0 - 196. 8. 255. 255 - Created
- Not stated by the registry
- Maintainer
- AFRINIC-HM-MNT
- RIR
- AFRINIC
- Country
- ZA
- Delegated
- Nov 10, 1993
- Status
- assigned