Data as of Nov 12, 2026
72.16.8.0/23
1 residential-proxy exit · 30 daysWindstream Communications LLC
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
1
0.20% of its addresses · 30 days
Spread
1 of 2
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
1
selling exits here
Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 11, 2026
Exits seen per day
3 observations
Proxy providers listing exits
- ColaProxy
Announcements
Less specific
Covering announcements
| Prefix | Origin | Type | Proxy exits | Holder | RPKI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.16.0.0/17 since Nov 2009 | AS7029 | Residential | 177 28 always on | Windstream Communications LLC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.16.0.0/17 | 32,768 | WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS | Windstream Communications LLC (WINDS-6) · US | Direct Allocation | Dec 13, 2004 | abuse@ |
| └ 72.16.8.0/23 | 512 | 72-16-8-0 | Windstream Communications LLC (C11004022) · US | Reassigned | Oct 31, 2024 | abuse@ via WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS |
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
- Windstream Communications LLC
- Handle
- WINDS-6
- Range
- 72.
16. 0. 0/ 17 - Registration type
- Direct Allocation
- Record created
- Dec 13, 2004
Origin network
AS7029
US
- Name
- Windstream Communications LLC
- Type
- Internet provider
- Registered
- Jul 30, 1996
- Domain
- uniti.com
- Website
- www.uniti.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
- Oct 2024
- Current origin since
- Oct 2024 · 2.1 yr
- Origin networks
- 1
RPKI
Route origin authorizations
| ROA prefix | ASN | Max len | Anchor | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.16.8.0/23 | AS7029 | /23 | ARIN | RPKI valid |
| 72.16.0.0/17 | AS7029 | /17 | ARIN | Too specific |
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 72.
16. 8. 0/ 23 - Netname
- 72-16-8-0
- Registrant
- Windstream Communications LLC
- Organization
- Windstream Communications LLC (C11004022)
- Type
- Reassigned
- Handle
- NET-72-16-8-0-1
- Parent
- NET-72-16-0-0-1
- Created
- Oct 31, 2024
- RIR
- ARIN
- Country
- US
- Delegated
- Dec 13, 2004
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- abuse@
windstream. net - Name
- Windstream Abuse
- Phone
- +1-800-347-1991
- Handle
- WINDS1-ARIN