Data as of Nov 3, 2026
72.172.0.0/18
119 residential-proxy exits · 30 daysWindstream Communications LLC
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
119
0.73% of its addresses · 30 days
Always-on exits
23
19% of its exits
Spread
29 of 64
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
85
selling exits here
Oct 4, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026
Exits seen per day
89K observations
/24s with the most always-on exits
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Announcements
More specific
Announcements inside
| Prefix | Origin | Type | Proxy exits | Holder | RPKI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.172.24.0/21 since Jan 2024 | AS7029 | Residential | Windstream Communications LLC | ||
| 72.172.32.0/20 since Jan 2025 | AS7029 | Residential | 80 15 always on | Windstream Communications LLC | |
| 72.172.48.0/21 since Nov 2024 | AS7029 | Residential | 1 | Windstream Communications LLC | |
| 72.172.56.0/21 since Oct 2023 | AS7029 | Residential | 21 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.172.0.0/18 | 16,384 | WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS | Windstream Communications LLC (WINDS-6) · US | Direct Allocation | Dec 8, 2005 | [email protected] |
| └ 72.172.1.0/29 | 8 | 72-172-1-0 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.3.56/29 | 8 | 72-172-3-56 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.3.64/29 | 8 | 72-172-3-64 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.3.104/29 | 8 | 72-172-3-104 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.3.112/29 | 8 | 72-172-3-112 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.4.0/22 | 1,024 | 72-172-4-0 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.8.192/28 | 16 | 72-172-8-192 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.8.208/28 | 16 | 72-172-8-208 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.8.224/28 | 16 | 72-172-8-224 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.8.240/29 | 8 | 72-172-8-240 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.8.248/29 | 8 | 72-172-8-248 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.9.0/28 | 16 | 72-172-9-0 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.16.0/22 | 1,024 | 72-172-16-0 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 72.172.24.0/21 | 2,048 | 72-172-24-0 | Windstream Communications LLC (C11103064) · US | Reassigned | Feb 12, 2025 | [email protected] via WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS |
| └ 72.172.32.0/20 | 4,096 | 72-172-32-0 | Windstream Communications LLC (C11066187) · US | Reassigned | Jan 9, 2025 | [email protected] via WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS |
| └ 72.172.48.0/21 | 2,048 | 72-172-48-0 | Windstream Communications LLC (C11006690) · US | Reassigned | Nov 4, 2024 | [email protected] via WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS |
| └ 72.172.56.0/21 | 2,048 | 72-172-56-0 | Windstream Communications LLC (C10929449) · US | Reassigned | Aug 15, 2024 | [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.
Composition
The types across the prefix's announced space, by addresses.
Announced space
Address share
Announced space
Types across the prefix
16,384 addresses
| Type | Addresses | Share | Ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 16,264 | >99% | 9 | |
| Business | 120 | 0.73% | 11 |
Network & registry
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
Who has announced this prefix
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- Nov 2009
- Current origin since
- Nov 2009 · 17 yr
- Origin networks
- 1
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 72.172.0.0/18
- Netname
- WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS
- Registrant
- Windstream Communications LLC
- Organization
- Windstream Communications LLC (WINDS-6)
- Org address
- 4005 North Rodney Parham Rd, Little Rock, AR, 72212
- Org country
- US
- Type
- Direct Allocation
- Handle
- NET-72-172-0-0-1
- Parent
- NET-72-0-0-0-0
- Created
- Dec 8, 2005
- RIR
- ARIN
- Country
- US
- Delegated
- Dec 8, 2005
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- [email protected]
- Name
- Windstream Abuse
- Phone
- +1-800-347-1991
- Handle
- WINDS1-ARIN