The Planet

This page documents the various IP routes to theplanet's network. Theplanet claims there are nine backbone carriers (http://theplanet.com/datacenter.html ), but in fact there are seven.

Reference: The 'big seven' backbones

AS 7018: AT&T
AS 701: UUNET (MCI)
AS 1239: Sprint
AS 3356: Level 3 Communications
AS 209: Qwest
AS 3561: Cable & Wireless
AS 1: Genuity  (formally BBNPlanet)

Theplanet network info: AS Number: 21844

Distinct routes to theplanet by AS:

3549 -- Global Crossing (GBLX)
2914 -- Verio
701  -- UUNET (MCI)
3356 -- Level3
6461 -- !AboveNet
6395 -- !BroadWing
7018 -- AT&T

Closest routers to theplanet by AS.

3549 -- Global Crossing -- ge-0-2-1.ar1.DAL2.gblx.net has address = 64.213.176.149
2914 -- Verio -- ge-9-3.a00.dllstx04.us.ra.verio.net has address = 157.238.228.37
701  -- UUNET (MCI, alternet) -- GigabitEthernet4-1.GW1.DFW13.ALTER.NET has address = 157.130.143.225
3356 -- Level3 -- ge-4-0-159.ipcolo1.Dallas1.Level3.net has address = 4.78.220.9
6461 -- AboveNet -- 216.200.88.138
6395 -- Broadwing -- 67.99.43.233
7018 -- AT&T -- 12.119.136.17

Routeserver bgp regex output:

*  69.93.0.0/16     12.0.1.63                              0 7018 21844 i
*>                  64.211.147.146         505             0 3549 21844 i
*                   129.250.0.232           31             0 2914 21844 i
*                   202.12.29.64                           0 4608 1221 = 4637 3549 21844 i
*                   192.65.184.3                           0 513 3320 = 7018 21844 i
*                   195.69.144.34                          0 1103 3549 = 21844 i
*                   202.12.28.190                          0 4777 2497 = 2914 21844 i
*                   168.209.255.2                          0 3741 701 = 21844 i
*                   212.47.190.1                           0 9177 3320 = 7018 21844 i
*                   193.0.0.56                             0 3333 3356 = 21844 i
*                   212.20.151.234           0             0 13129 6461 = 21844 21844 21844 i