Data as of Nov 12, 2026

72.172.0.0/18

106 residential-proxy exits · 30 days

Windstream Communications LLC

Announcement
this exact prefix
RPKI valid
Announced by
Type
Residential
>99% of it

Residential-proxy exits

Proxy exits
106
0.65% of its addresses · 30 days
Always-on exits
23
22% of its exits
Spread
28 of 64
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
95
selling exits here
Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 11, 2026

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Announcements

More specific

Announcements inside

PrefixOriginTypeProxy exitsHolderRPKI
72.172.24.0/21
since Jan 2024
AS7029ResidentialWindstream Communications LLC
72.172.32.0/20
since Jan 2025
AS7029Residential64
15 always on
Windstream Communications LLC
72.172.48.0/21
since Nov 2024
AS7029Residential1Windstream Communications LLC
72.172.56.0/21
since Oct 2023
AS7029Residential22
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.

RangeAddressesNetnameHolderTypeCreatedAbuse contact
72.172.0.0/1816,384WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONSWindstream Communications LLC (WINDS-6) · USDirect AllocationDec 8, 2005abuse@windstream.net
└ 72.172.1.0/29872-172-1-0unknown———
└ 72.172.3.56/29872-172-3-56unknown———
└ 72.172.3.64/29872-172-3-64unknown———
└ 72.172.3.104/29872-172-3-104unknown———
└ 72.172.3.112/29872-172-3-112unknown———
└ 72.172.4.0/221,02472-172-4-0unknown———
└ 72.172.8.192/281672-172-8-192unknown———
└ 72.172.8.208/281672-172-8-208unknown———
└ 72.172.8.224/281672-172-8-224unknown———
└ 72.172.8.240/29872-172-8-240unknown———
└ 72.172.8.248/29872-172-8-248unknown———
└ 72.172.9.0/281672-172-9-0unknown———
└ 72.172.16.0/221,02472-172-16-0unknown———
└ 72.172.24.0/212,04872-172-24-0Windstream Communications LLC (C11103064) · USReassignedFeb 12, 2025abuse@windstream.net
via WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS
└ 72.172.32.0/204,09672-172-32-0Windstream Communications LLC (C11066187) · USReassignedJan 9, 2025abuse@windstream.net
via WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS
└ 72.172.48.0/212,04872-172-48-0Windstream Communications LLC (C11006690) · USReassignedNov 4, 2024abuse@windstream.net
via WINDSTREAM-COMMUNICATIONS
└ 72.172.56.0/212,04872-172-56-0Windstream Communications LLC (C10929449) · USReassignedAug 15, 2024abuse@windstream.net
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
TypeAddressesShareRanges
Residential16,264>99%9
Business1200.73%11

Network & registry

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