Hurricane Electric
AS6939Hurricane Electric operates the most peered network on the internet, ranking #1 globally by peer count with over 11,000 direct peers across 86+ Internet Exchange Points. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Fremont, California, HE provides IP transit, colocation, and dedicated internet services. HE is a pioneer in IPv6 deployment and operates the widely used bgp.he.net BGP toolkit and IPv6 certification program.
Data verified: 03/26/2026
Routing & Connectivity
AS Cone Rank#8
Known Peers11,083
Prefixes v4173
Prefixes v620
IX Presence86+IXPs
RPKI ROVenabled
Avg Path Length2.3
Downstream Peers3,859+
Source: bgp.toolsAvg path length derived from RouteViews (CC-BY 4.0)Verified 04/02/2026View live data on bgp.tools →
Operational Capabilities
BGP Communities
Granular
Per-peer prepend, blackhole, regional scoping, local preference control
Flowspec
Not supported
RTBH
Supported
IPv6
Native dual-stack
Port Sizes
1G – 100G
Commit Model
Burstable (95th percentile) and committed data rate
Source: Carrier documentationCarrier-sourcedVerified 03/26/2026View BGP communities on bgp.tools →
Content Provider Reach
10 providers tracked
Google
AS15169
Direct peer
Amazon/AWS
AS16509
Direct peer
Microsoft/Azure
AS8075
Direct peer
Meta
AS32934
Direct peer
Cloudflare
AS13335
Direct peer
Source: bgp.tools adjacency dataAdjacency only — no quality assessmentVerified 03/26/2026View all peers on bgp.tools →
Routing Governance
RPKI ROA Coverage
~22%
of originated prefixes have valid ROAs
RPKI Route Origin Validation
enabled
Rejects RPKI-invalid routes
IRR Records
RADB + ARIN
~346 route objects registered
DDoS Mitigation
Basic (RTBH only, no scrubbing service)
RPKI: bgp.toolsIRR: IRR ExplorerVerified 04/02/2026
Facility Presence
9 locations
Ashburn, VA
Equinix DC2/DC3/DC4/DC5Equinix
1g10g100g
Chicago, IL
Equinix CH1/CH2/CH4Equinix
1g10g100g
Dallas, TX
Equinix DA1Equinix
1g10g100g
CoreSite DA1CoreSite
1g10g100g
Los Angeles, CA
CoreSite LA1CoreSite
1g10g100g
Equinix LA1Equinix
1g10g100g
Miami, FL
Equinix MI1Equinix
1g10g100g
Verify This Data
bgp.tools
Live routing metrics, communities, RPKI
PeeringDB
Peering policy, facilities, NOC contacts
CAIDA AS Rank
Customer cone, provider/peer relationships
RIPEstat
Routing history, BGP updates, path analysis
bgp.he.net
Prefix list, peers, IX participation, IRR
IRR Explorer
IRR objects, RPKI comparison, origin validation
Hurricane Electric Looking Glass
Live route lookup from Hurricane Electric’s routers
Hurricane Electric Website
Product pages, SLA terms, BGP community docs
Operator Reviews
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Reviews cover 7 dimensions: Provisioning, Performance, NOC Support, BGP Quality, Billing, Contracts, Account Management.
Community Intelligence
Operator experiences, peering dynamics, and discussion threads about Hurricane Electric — contributed by the community
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