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144.121.128.138 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is 144.121.128.138. This is a corporate IP address, as have been noted for the last 6 months prior to this block, but it does not provided access to retail customers or the public. I'm a bit shocked that it is claimed that an entire /16 subnet of 65,536 IP addresses are public web hosts. As per WP:RANGE "These should be reserved as an absolute last resort, especially very large rangeblocks." 144.121.128.138 (talk) 18:33, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Since DeltaQuad, the blocking administrator, has been invited to comment but has not done so in more than three and a half days, despite having made about a couple of dozen edits in that time, I assume that she has nothing to say, and since SQL's comments seem perfectly valid, I shall go ahead and unblock. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:46, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DeltaQuad - This range doesn't seem to have any of the hallmarks of being a webhost. Direct /24 resolution looks like a normal ISP. Proxycheck looks pretty normal, nothing in the CBL. It does appear that lightower is a CrownCastle property - but lightower doesn't appear to offer direct hosting, just fiber. I see pptp/1723 is open on this host, but that makes sense given the hostname. If you wouldn't mind taking another look at this range, I'd appreciate it. SQL ^{Query me!} 03:58, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@JamesBWatson: I apologize for that. I had told SQL to proceed as he saw fit as he has more knowledge than me, but that was on a third service not visible to anyone here. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 22:42, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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