[afnog] Current routing summaries for LiquidWeb, Inc. and Fiber Grid, Inc.

Ronald F. Guilmette rfg at tristatelogic.com
Sun Dec 20 03:20:49 UTC 2020


Included below are summraies of the current routing of the various
AFRINIC-assigned blocks belonging to ORG-LWI1-AFRINIC (LiquidWeb, Inc.)
and also ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC (Fiber Grid, Inc.)  I am providing these to
the AFRINIC community in support of my prior assertion that no part
or portion of the AFRINIC-assigned blocks of these two companies are,
at present, being routed to any country within the AFRINIC region, nor
to any country or countries that are even adjacent to the AFRINIC region.

The routing summaries below were computed based upon raw data specifying
the specific ASNs that are routing each of the constituent /24 "C" blocks
that make up the totality of the registered AFRINIC blocks currently
assigned to ORG-LWI1-AFRINIC and ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC respectively.  That
raw data was obtained by me, programatically, via the "RESTful" web
interface of the RIPEStat data base.  The raw data from which the
summaries below were computed may obtained via the following two links,
or alternatively, directly fronm RIEPStat, for the benefit of anyone
wishing to independently confirm my analysis.

ORG-LWI1-AFRINIC:
https://pastebin.com/raw/rzWSckCs

ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC:
https://pastebin.com/raw/sgFGNjwH

Additionally, the Perl scripts that I have used to fetch the above raw
data from RIPEStat, as well as the scripts I have used to compute from
that raw data the routing summary tables shown below are all availiable
from me upon request.  I would be more than happy to have others
independently perform the same routing analysis as I have done with
respect to the IPv4 space currently assigned to ORG-LWI1-AFRINIC and
ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC.

The routing summary tables below each contain four fields as follows:

    1)  Number of constituent /24 "C" blocks routed by the given ASN.
    2)  The AS number.
    3)  The applicable two-letter ISO 3166 country code.
    4)  The full name of the ORGanization to which the ASN is registered.

Note that a good deal of the IPv4 space registered to ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC
is currently being routed by RIPE-issued ASNs registered to "Inter
Connects Inc".

Upon information and belief, "Inter Connects Inc" is a Delaware (US)
corporate entity for which Mr. Deepak Mehta is either a beneficial
owner or else possibly THE beneficial owner.  Mr. Mehta is of course
free to dispute this contention, as and when he sees fit.  Please note
however that an entity calling itself "Inter Connects Inc" is also
currently represented within the RIPE WHOIS data base where it is
designated via the handle ORG-DMF2-RIPE and that the RIPE WHOIS
history of that organization handle indicates that it was previously
associated with "Deepak Mehta FIE":

https://pastebin.com/raw/wnF8g2gh

Please note that AS393489, which appears in the second table below, is
officially a bogon (unassigned) AS number at present.  Prior to the
reclamation of this ASN by ARIN, this specific ASN was assigned to a
U.S. company named "ADT Systems, Inc." and that company appears to
still be using AS393489, even though AS393489 is now officially a
bogon ASN.

Please take note also that the organization to which the RIPE-issued
AS58110 is registered (IP Volume LTD - UK) may or may not have any
connection whatsoever to the registrant organization for AS202425
(IP Volume, Inc. - Seychelles) which has for some time announced a
route to the stolen AFRINIC legacy block 196.16.0.0/14, said block
being the rightful property of the South African national government's
IT arm, "SITA", accoring to all reliable historical evidence.

The country codes listed in the following two summary tables, if accurate,
support my view that the AFRINIC-assigned IPv4 address blocks of both
ORG-LWI1-AFRINIC and ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC are likely not, at present, being
routed to any geographical points within the AFRINIC region, thus placing
both of these AFRINIC member organizations in clear violation of the
legally binding AFRINIC Bylaws.

This, of course, is in addition to and on top of the fact that both
organizations appear to have obtained some or all of their AFRINIC-
assigned IPv4 address space illicitly, most probaby by way of the
dismissed and disgraced Ernest Byaruhanga.


Current routing summary for ORG-FGI1-AFRINIC:
---------------------------------------------
  3795  0       ??  UNROUTED IP SPACE
   233  58065   UK  Packet Exchange Limited
   164  41564   UK  Packet Exchange Limited
    79  57858   US  Inter Connects Inc
    30  204353  UK  Global Offshore Limited
    13  63119   US  Inter Connects Inc
    10  60485   US  Inter Connects Inc
     8  46805   US  Inter Connects Inc
     7  48950   UK  Global Colocation Limited
     6  57972   US  Inter Connects Inc
     4  37518   SC  Fiber Grid INC
     2  40676   US  Psychz Networks
     1  50304   NO  Blix Solutions AS

Current routing summary for ORG-LWI1-AFRINIC:
---------------------------------------------
   280  0       ??  UNROUTED IP SPACE
   111  12025   US  Iron Mountain Data Center
    68  3356    US  Level 3 Parent, LLC
    64  1273    GB  Vodafone Group PLC
    58  43233   IR  Fara Negar Pardaz Noor Khuzestan Co.JSP
    49  35554   GB  8K Cloud Ltd
    48  53271   US  Phenix Cable
    36  133847  MY  Anpple Tech Enterprise
    34  7029    US  Windstream Communications LLC
    26  36290   KN  The Cable of St. Kitts
    20  32181   US  GigeNET
    12  13768   CA  Aptum Technologies
    12  265515  MX  Televera Red S. A. P. I. De C.V.
    12  14123   US  Midnight Proxies LLC
    12  397373  US  H4Y Technologies LLC
    10  36445   CA  Coextro
     8  62217   GB  VooServers Ltd
     8  39535   GB  VooServers Ltd
     8  14935   US  Monticello Networks, Inc.
     8  18710   US  Gkg.Net, Inc
     8  40676   US  Psychz Networks
     7  209181  GB  Zenex 5ive Limited
     6  49367   IT  Seflow S.N.C. Di Marco Brame' & C.
     6  17511   JP  OPTAGE Inc.
     5  56309   TH  Siamdata Communication Co.,ltd.
     5  6327    CA  Shaw Communications Inc.
     5  17676   JP  Softbank BB Corp.
     5  28458   MX  Ientc S De Rl De Cv
     4  17941   JP  Equinix Jpapan Enterprise K.K.
     4  13213   GB  UK-2 Limited
     4  396356  US  Maxihost LLC
     4  36217   US  NetActuate, Inc
     4  137199  AU  Emerge Internet Pty Ltd
     4  397026  US  Wi-Fiber, Inc.
     4  54133   CA  UnmeteredInternet.com
     4  395046  US  Sexing Technologies
     4  202211  ES  Manuel Mariposa Consulting SL
     3  174     US  Cogent Communications
     3  7018    US  AT&T Services, Inc.
     3  32780   US  Hosting Services, Inc.
     2  262239  BZ  Speednet Communications Limited
     2  398252  US  Big Red Communications LLC
     2  393670  US  Southern Fibernet Corporation
     2  63073   US  The University of Tampa
     2  36351   US  SoftLayer Technologies Inc.
     2  393489  ??  {{unknown organization}}
     2  397582  US  WOW-World of Wireless
     2  62904   US  Eonix Corporation
     2  26341   US  Open Solutions LLC
     2  25645   US  Momentum Telecom, Inc.
     2  63018   US  Dedicated.com
     2  46562   US  Performive LLC
     2  397336  US  Virtual Sprout
     2  23005   US  Switch, Ltd
     2  54900   US  Alianza Inc.
     1  28317   CR  Boomerang Wireless S.A.
     1  133120  AU  Hosted Network Pty. Ltd.
     1  60781   NL  LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V.
     1  52356   CR  R&H International Telecom Services SA.
     1  396459  US  County of Venango
     1  27362   US  Archon Development Corp.
     1  26375   US  Airespring, Inc.
     1  54578   US  FiberComm LC
     1  131455  AU  Onsite Computers
     1  59955   LB  Advanced Broadband Services S.A.L
     1  60257   GB  Origin Broadband Limited
     1  141158  MY  Hiero7 (M) Sdn. Bhd.
     1  397256  US  Epyon Technologies
     1  58110   UK  IP Volume LTD
     1  20473   US  Choopa, LLC
     1  14333   US  On-Ramp Indiana, Inc.
     1  30277   US  DFW Datacenter
     1  64286   US  LogicWeb Inc.



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