Data as of Nov 7, 2026

40.27.228.0/24

No anonymizer space · no proxy exits in 30 days

The Constant Company, LLC · space held by Eli Lilly and Company

Announcement
this exact prefix
RPKI valid
Announced by
Type
Hosting
Risk
50 / 100 · Medium
Recently moved
Recent change
New origin Sep 28, 2026
from AS153371 Back Waves Limited
IPv4 market

Path

Announced by AS20473 since Sep 28, 2026 · 6 wk ago
1 · Holder
record created Apr 23, 1991 · reallocated to Internet Utilities NA LLC Apr 22, 2025
2 · Leased from
3 · Announced by
AS20473 The Constant Company, LLC
since Sep 28, 2026 · 6 wk ago
4 · Use
Hosting

Lineage

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

40.27.228.0/24

From the registry to its use

  1. Apr 23, 1991
    Registry record
    Eli Lilly and Company
    Direct Allocation (legacy, pre-1997)
    40.27.0.0/16
  2. Jan 1, 2016– Oct 23, 2021
    Announced
    AS4249 Eli Lilly and Company
    Business
  3. Apr 10, 2022– Mar 17, 2024
    Announced
    AS4249 Eli Lilly and Company
    Business
  4. Apr 22, 2025
    Reallocated
    Internet Utilities NA LLC
    Reallocated
    40.27.0.0/16
  5. Aug 4, 2025– Oct 2, 2025
    Announced
    AS153371 Back Waves Limited
    Internet provider
  6. Sep 28, 2026– today
    Announced
    AS20473 The Constant Company, LLC
    Hosting
  7. Oct 3, 2026
    Assigned
    Internet Utilities NA LLC
    Reassigned
    40.27.228.0/24
  8. Oct 3, 2026
    Route object
    IPXO
    RADB route object for AS20473 The Constant Company, LLC, maintainer MAINT-AS834
  9. today
    Leased from
    IPXO
    IP broker

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.

RangeAddressesNetnameHolderTypeCreatedAbuse contact
40.27.0.0/1665,536LILLY-NETEli Lilly and Company (EL-1144-Z) · USDirect AllocationApr 23, 1991tkalis@lilly.com
└ 40.27.0.0/1665,536IPXO-NET-2IPXO LLC (IL-845) · USReallocatedApr 3, 2025abuse@ipxo.com
└ 40.27.0.0/1665,536NET-40-27-0-0-16Internet Utilities NA LLC (DCL-577) · USReallocatedApr 22, 2025report@abuseradar.com
└ 40.27.228.0/24256NET-40-27-228-0-24unknownReassignedOct 3, 2026report@abuseradar.com
via LILLY-NET

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

IPv4 market

Holder

Organization
Eli Lilly and Company
Handle
EL-1144-Z
Range
40.27.0.0/16
Registration type
Direct Allocation
Record created
Apr 23, 1991
Legacy
yes
Reallocated to
Internet Utilities NA LLC (DCL-577)
Reallocated
Apr 22, 2025
Origin network

AS20473

US
Name
The Constant Company, LLC
Type
Hosting
Registered
May 11, 2001
Domain
vultr.com
Website
www.vultr.com/
Industry
Hosting and Cloud Provider
Spamhaus ASN-DROP
not listed
VPN servers
290
Tor exits
5