Autonomous system
AS174: Cogent Communications, LLC
United States · hosting / infrastructure
Estimated users is a published estimate of how many people use this network, extrapolated from 353,744 observations over a 60 day window. Large operators often run several networks, so a low figure can mean their customers reach the internet through a sibling network.
What this tells you
- An estimated 1,014,636 people use this network, from 353,744 observations over a 60 day window, which is a large figure for any network in United States.
- Hosts exit infrastructure for 4 different VPN brands, among them Private Internet Access, IPVanish and CyberGhost. That is characteristic of a provider that rents capacity to several VPN operators.
- Its space resolves to 101 countries, concentrated almost entirely in United States (84% of the IPv4 space), so it is effectively a single-market network despite the spread.
- Of those, 271,823 are in Iraq, 0.8% of everyone online there.
- The same operator runs 87 other networks, the largest listed below.
- 63 distinct organisations hold registered assignments inside this space, so an address here often belongs to one of their customers.
Countries in this space
| Country | IPv4 share | IPv6 share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84% | 37% | |
| Canada | 2% | 2% | |
| United Kingdom | 1% | 2% | |
| Spain | 0.7% | <0.1% | |
| France | 0.6% | 17% | |
| Venezuela | 0.4% | <0.1% | |
| Ivory Coast | 0.4% | - | |
| Brazil | 0.4% | 2% | |
| Netherlands | 0.2% | 10% | |
| Australia | 0.2% | 2% | |
| Ireland | <0.1% | 16% | |
| South Africa | <0.1% | 2% | |
| Everything else (89 more) | 10% | 10% |
Organisations holding assignments here
Registered organisations account for 2% of this network's IPv4 space and 54% of its IPv6 space.
| Organisation | IPv4 share | IPv6 share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Network Information Center - (AfriNIC) Ltd | 1% | - | |
| Sprint International Australia Pty Ltd | 0.1% | 2% | |
| Sprintlink UK Ltd | 0.1% | 2% | |
| SYNAPSY SAS | <0.1% | 16% | |
| Access2.IT Group B.V. | - | 18% | |
| Regional Telecom Ltd | - | 16% | |
| Cogent South Africa (Pty) Ltd | - | 0.1% | |
| NETHOMIE NOC LLC | - | 0.1% | |
| Everything else (55 more) | 98% | 46% |
Anonymizer signals
Flagged space covers 2% of this network's IPv4 space.
| Category | IPv4 share | |
|---|---|---|
| Open proxy | 2% | |
| Datacenter | 2% | |
| Not covered by any of these | 98% |
One address can carry more than one of these, so the rows add up to more than the space they cover.
VPN operators using this network
VPN exit space covers <0.1% of this network's IPv4 space.
| Provider | IPv4 share | |
|---|---|---|
| Private Internet Access | <0.1% | |
| IPVanish | <0.1% | |
| CyberGhost | <0.1% | |
| HideMyAss | <0.1% | |
| Not covered by any of these | 100% |
Other networks from this operator (87 in total)
| ASN | Name | Estimated users |
|---|---|---|
| AS1240 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
| AS1281 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
| AS1282 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
| AS1283 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
| AS1284 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
| AS1789 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
| AS1791 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
| AS1792 | Cogent Communications, LLC | - |
See the combined view for Cogent Communications, LLC, where all 88 of their networks are totalled together.