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inetnum:        217.197.232.0 - 217.197.232.255
netname:        SeverenNet
descr:          Severen Telecom
descr:          Kantemirovskaya st. 4
descr:          Saint-Petersburg
country:        RU
admin-c:        STKM2-RIPE
tech-c:         STKM1-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
remarks:        INFRA-AW
mnt-by:         SEVEREN-MNT
created:        2010-04-01T06:06:42Z
last-modified:  2010-04-01T06:06:42Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           Severen-Telecom NOC
remarks:        Network operation center staff
org:            ORG-SL18-RIPE
address:        Severen-Telecom
address:        Respublikanskaya str., h. 28, Lit. A
address:        195112, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
phone:          +7 812 740-7070
fax-no:         +7 812 740-7071
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@severen.net
admin-c:        SPEC1-RIPE
admin-c:        MNB29-RIPE
tech-c:         SPEC1-RIPE
tech-c:         MNB29-RIPE
nic-hdl:        STKM1-RIPE
mnt-by:         SEVEREN-MNT
created:        2006-09-18T06:24:53Z
last-modified:  2024-02-16T09:45:00Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           Severen-Telecom ABUSE
remarks:        Administration and incident staff
org:            ORG-SL18-RIPE
address:        Severen-Telecom
address:        Respublikanskaya str., h. 28, Litera A
address:        195112, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
phone:          +7 812 740-7070
fax-no:         +7 812 740-7071
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@severen.net
admin-c:        VAR11
admin-c:        SPEC1-RIPE
tech-c:         SPEC1-RIPE
tech-c:         ST10938-RIPE
nic-hdl:        STKM2-RIPE
mnt-by:         SEVEREN-MNT
mnt-by:         SEVEREN-MNT
created:        2006-09-18T06:27:28Z
last-modified:  2021-03-04T11:51:57Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '217.197.224.0/20AS24739'

route:          217.197.224.0/20
descr:          SEVEREN
origin:         AS24739
mnt-by:         SEVEREN-MNT
created:        2009-02-27T07:51:44Z
last-modified:  2009-02-27T07:51:44Z
source:         RIPE

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