Data as of Nov 3, 2026
72.16.97.0/24
7 residential-proxy exits · 30 daysWindstream Communications LLC
Announced by
Type
Residential
Risk
0 / 100 · Low
Proxy exits nearby
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
7
2.7% of its addresses · 30 days
Always-on exits
4
57% of its exits
Providers
43
selling exits here
Oct 4, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026
Exits seen per day
10K observations
Proxy providers listing exits
- 711Proxy
- Ake.net
- B2Proxy
- BirdProxies
- BottingTools
- ByteProxies
- Byteful
- ColaProxy
- DataImpulse
- Decodo
- EZProxies
- EnigmaProxy
- Evomi
- FastProxy
- FlashProxy
- FlexyProxies
- FloppyData
- Geonode
- GhostConnect
- GloryCloud
- IPFly
- IPPeak
- InfiniteProxies
- LemonBright
- LudaxProxy
- NovaProxy
- Novada
- Oxylabs
- PSBProxy
- Proxies.fo
- Proxiware
- ProxyEmpire
- ProxyRack
- ProxyWing
- Proxyma
- PuraRoute
- RainProxy
- ResiProxies
- Thordata
- ThunderProxy
- TrueProxies
- VantageProxies
- WealthProxies
Announcements
Less specific
Covering announcements
| Prefix | Origin | Type | Proxy exits | Holder | RPKI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.16.0.0/17 since Nov 2009 | AS7029 | Residential | 167 30 always on | Windstream Communications LLC |
Registrations in this block
The registry's network records over this block, widest first, each 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 | [email protected] |
| └ 72.16.96.0/22 | 1,024 | 72-16-96-0 | Windstream Communications LLC (C11103224) · US | Reassigned | Feb 12, 2025 | [email protected] 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
Announced by
Covering announcement 72.16.96.0/22
- Prefix
- 72.16.96.0/22
- Announced by
- AS7029 Windstream Communications LLC
- Type
- Residential
- Proxy exits
- 18
- Always-on exits
- 6
- RPKI
- RPKI valid
- Netname
- 72-16-96-0
- Registrant
- Windstream Communications LLC
- RIR
- ARIN
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
72.16.96.0/22
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- May 2011
- Current origin since
- Oct 2023 · 3.1 yr
- Origin networks
- 1
RPKI
Route origin authorizations
| ROA prefix | ASN | Max len | Anchor | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.16.96.0/22 | AS7029 | /22 | ARIN | RPKI valid |
| 72.16.0.0/17 | AS7029 | /17 | ARIN | Too specific |
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 72.16.96.0/22
- Netname
- 72-16-96-0
- Registrant
- Windstream Communications LLC
- Organization
- Windstream Communications LLC (C11103224)
- Type
- Reassigned
- Handle
- NET-72-16-96-0-1
- Parent
- NET-72-16-0-0-1
- Created
- Feb 12, 2025
- RIR
- ARIN
- Country
- US
- Delegated
- Dec 13, 2004
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- [email protected]
- Name
- Windstream Abuse
- Phone
- +1-800-347-1991
- Handle
- WINDS1-ARIN