AS209 Lumen (ex. Qwest) 🇺🇸 US

CenturyLink Communications, LLC. Announcing 1,622 prefixes, seen at the RIS collectors.

IPv4 prefixes
1,590
26,234,112 (102,477 × /24)
IPv6 prefixes
32
260 × /32
Upstreams
0
transit providers observed
Peers
1
settlement-free adjacencies
Downstreams
295
transit customers observed
Customer cone
448
ASes reachable through it

Registry and operator data

AS number
AS209
Name
Lumen (ex. Qwest)
Organisation
Lumen AS209
Country
🇺🇸 US
RIR
ARIN
Allocated
1998-11-13
Network type
NSP
Scope
North America
Peering policy
No
PeeringDB
net/3035

RPKI coverage of this AS

Its own announcements, validated against the current ROA set

14 valid (0.9%) 0 invalid (0.0%) 1,608 no ROA (99.1%)

Whois

Fetched from whois.arin.net

ASNumber:       209
ASName:         CENTURYLINK-US-LEGACY-QWEST
ASHandle:       AS209
RegDate:        1998-11-13
Updated:        2018-10-04
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/209

OrgName:        CenturyLink Communications, LLC
OrgId:          CCL-534
Address:        100 CENTURYLINK DR
City:           Monroe
StateProv:      LA
PostalCode:     71201
Country:        US
RegDate:        2018-07-12
Updated:        2026-04-22
Comment:        USAGE OF IP SPACE MUST COMPLY WITH OUR ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY:
Comment:        https://www.lumen.com/en-us/about/legal/acceptable-use-policy.html
Comment:
Comment:        ADDRESSES COVERED BY THIS ORG-ID ARE NON-PORTABLE ANY ISP ANNOUNCING OR TRANSITING PORTIONS WITHIN OUR RANGES SHOULD NOT RELY ON PRESENTED LOA'S OR OLD WHOIS UNLESS THOSE RANGES ARE ALSO ACTIVELY DIRECTLY ANNOUNCED TO A LUMEN ASN. WITH ALL LOA'S THESE CONDITIONS APPLY:
Comment:
Comment:        1. You are permitted to route the Lumen IP prefixes listed via Public BGP to your alternate ISP from the designated ASN. Any other ASN originating the prefix listed is forbidden.
Comment:        2. The Lumen IP prefixes listed can be routed via Public BGP to your alternate ISP as long as you remain an active customer with Lumen and continue to route the prefixes over at least one Lumen Internet circuit without significant traffic engineering.
Comment:        3. Should your Internet services with Lumen be discontinued, Lumen reserves the right to have your alternate ISP terminate the routing of the Lumen IP prefixes without advanced notification, should you fail to do so.
Comment:        4. All IP Addresses assigned or allocated by Lumen to an end-user (customer or ISP) shall be considered non-portable and will be reclaimed by Lumen upon service termination.
Comment:        5. Lumen reserves the right to conduct audits to ensure the LOA conditions are being met.
Comment:        6. Usage of IP space must comply with our AUP https://www.lumen.com/en-us/about/legal/acceptable-use-policy.html
Comment:
Comment:        Our looking glass is located at: https://lookingglass.centurylink.com/
Comment:
Comment:        For subpoena or court order please fax 844.254.5800 or refer to our Trust & Safety page:
Comment:        https://www.lumen.com/en-us/about/legal/trust-center/trust-and-safety.html
Comment:
Comment:        For abuse issues, please email abuse@aup.lumen.com
Comment:        All abuse reports MUST include:
Comment:        * src IP
Comment:        * dest IP (your IP)
Comment:        * dest port
Comment:        * Accurate date/timestamp and timezone of activity
Comment:        * Intensity/frequency (short log extracts)
Comment:        * Your contact details (phone and email)
Comment:        Without these we will be unable to identify the correct owner of the IP address at that point in time.
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/CCL-534

OrgTechHandle: QIA-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Centurylink IP Admin
OrgTechPhone:  +1-877-886-6515
OrgTechEmail:  ipadmin@centurylink.com
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/QIA-ARIN

OrgRoutingHandle: RPKIR-ARIN
OrgRoutingName:   RPKI-ROA
OrgRoutingPhone:  +1-877-886-6515
OrgRoutingEmail:  rpki-roa@lumen.com
OrgRoutingRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/RPKIR-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: CAD54-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Centurylink Abuse Desk
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-877-886-6515
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@aup.lumen.com
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/CAD54-ARIN