Network · AS46853

AS46853 Southwest Texas Telephone Company

AS46853 (Southwest Texas Telephone Company) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Network check ASN

AS46853

OwnerSouthwest Texas Telephone Company
KindInternet service provider
Servers, not peopleno
IPv4 addresses7,936
IPv4 ranges8
IPv6 ranges0

Risk score0

Nothing suspicious found.

Largest IPv4 ranges

216.162.96.0/20
63.174.144.0/22
63.174.136.0/22
63.174.140.0/23
63.174.134.0/23
63.174.142.0/24
208.23.136.0/24
204.251.255.0/24

Ranges and owner from DB-IP (CC BY 4.0), updated 2026-10-21.

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Detect it in code

Spot AS46853 traffic at signup.

Send the visitor's IP. The response includes the ASN, the owner and flags.hosting.

curl https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEQEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ip": "203.0.113.7"}'

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VEQEN_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"ip": "203.0.113.7"},
    timeout=10,
)
result = r.json()
print(result["risk"]["verdict"], result["risk"]["reasons"])

const res = await fetch("https://veqen-app.com/v1/ip/check", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VEQEN_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"ip": "203.0.113.7"}),
});
const result = await res.json();
console.log(result.risk.verdict, result.risk.reasons);

Questions

About AS46853

Is AS46853 a datacenter or VPN network?

AS46853 (Southwest Texas Telephone Company) looks like an internet service provider, so its addresses are mostly real home, business or mobile connections.

Who owns AS46853?

AS46853 is registered to Southwest Texas Telephone Company. It announces about 7,936 IPv4 addresses.

How do I detect traffic from AS46853?

Call the Veqen IP check with the visitor's address. The response includes the ASN, the owner and whether the network is a datacenter, VPN network, relay or ISP.