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Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

DanManchester — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:30:22 GMT

Hi all,
Probably nothing to worry about but I'm curious as to why Speedtest.net thinks my ISP is now called Infonet Services Corporation ?
My last two speedtests:

and before that:

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Townman — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:42:06 GMT

Hi Dan,
Your graphics are not displaying on the post.
There might be a reasonable 'normal' explanation fr this like the speed test service has incorrectly associated your dynamic IP to the wrong ISP, however there are other causes which are of some concern.
I know this is going to sound daft, but we've seen this before on the forums... Was this a wireless connected test and can you be sure you were connected to your PN router and not a nearby unsecured stronger wifi service?
Also can you do a 17070 test and confirm you have the right phone number. BTOR contractors are not unknown for getting lines crossed over...

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

DanManchester — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:46:48 GMT

Hi Townman,
Thanks for the reply, yes I'm definitely connected (laptop wirelessly) to my router which is a BT Homehub 4, and can se on the router config page my named device/ laptop connected.
I have been "tinkering" with some settings ie: disabled UPnP then restarted router and I'm guessing this has given me the new IP address which Speedtest seem to be confusing?
Dan

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

AndyH — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:47:15 GMT

Hi
This is due to the IP Range 146.200.0.0/16 that Plusnet now are using/own still being listed as Infonet Services Corporation as the owner on the ARIN database:

Quote
NetRange: 146.200.0.0 - 146.200.255.255
CIDR: 146.200.0.0/16
OriginAS: AS6871
NetName: PLUSNET1
NetHandle: NET-146-200-0-0-1
Parent: NET-146-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
RegDate: 1991-02-28
Updated: 2013-08-29
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-146-200-0-0-1
OrgName: INFONET Services Corporation
OrgId: INFO
Address: 2160 East Grand Avenue
City: El Segundo
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90245-1022
Country: US
RegDate:
Updated: 2011-11-30
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/INFO

I think this is due to be corrected or amended.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

DanManchester — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:04:47 GMT

aaah thanks Andy, so it's nothing to worry about then ...I was thinking that I'd broken the internet!

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Pettitto — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:15:46 GMT

It's exactly as Andy has mentioned above.
If you log into your router hit the 'Disconnect' and then 'Connect' button you should be assigned a different IP address which isn't affected by this. We're still chasing an update on this and we'll get the Service Status updated too.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

materialman — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:51:18 GMT

Quote from: Chris

If you log into your router hit the 'Disconnect' and then 'Connect' button you should be assigned a different IP address which isn't affected by this. We're still chasing an update on this and we'll get the Service Status updated too.

Same for me on a speed test too (Infonet). Doing what you suggest doesn't change it. I did notice I lost internet for a minute just before the test, so went to the router to see all lights were on and it had been connected for 2 days or so.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Townman — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:20:54 GMT

If you get another IP address in the same pool, you'll get the same result.
This is not a material issue, I'd not worry about it.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

paulbforum — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:40:29 GMT

"This is not a material issue, I'd not worry about it. "
Well, it sort of is, as I've just wasted a small chunk of my life trying to find out why Dropbox warned me that there had been a log-in to my account from the USA! And it turned out it was because of this IP address, still registered in the USA.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Acassim — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:26:16 GMT

Hi paulbforum,
Thanks for flagging this up to us. I can confirm that we have switched the details over for these IP ranges however there are a few companies out there that may still be using an out of date database for these, as such it seems Dropbox is one of them and are still seeing these addresses as being our in the USA.
I've flagged this internally now so our Network team should be in touch with Dropbox to kindly ask that they update their records.
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this caused.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

AndyH — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:40:16 GMT

The records haven't been updated, that's the issue (not an out-of-date database):
http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-146-200-0-0-1/pft
Still showing as Infonet - which I gather Plusnet cannot change for some reason.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Simon96 — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:50:15 GMT

still showing up infonet as 146.199.102.64
It has been 8 months since this section was started and you cant get a few records updated.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Townman — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:40:29 GMT

Simon,
It has not been for the sake of trying... form the link above in Andy's post...

Quote
Point of Contact
Note ARIN has attempted to validate the data for this POC, but has received no response from the POC since 2010-12-22
Registration Date 2001-05-03
Last Updated 2009-12-22
Email swip@bt.infonet.com

The dark side has a finger in here, so we are all doomed, doomed Mr Mainwaring!
Kevin

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

sizzler27 — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:23:12 GMT

Just found this thread quite by accident and thought I'd add my experiences to it..
About a year ago or perhaps a bit longer I had a series events like the ones mentioned in this thread except that the alternative hoster I was being flagged as using by speedtest.com was a tiscalli address which went on for about 6 months. No one ever got to the bottom of how or why it was happening and it resulted in me parting company with my file host who accused me of sharing my account with a number of other people.
I'm not sure when but this eventually changed to infonet services as the alternative ISP and this still happens now, usually after a disconnect for whatever reason and I can usually get back to Plusnet tech. by logging out of the server and back in again. Anyway, this is definitely still going on, at least for me.
EDIT-I'd just like to add for clarity, since the "Infonet" events started there have been no "Tiscali" events which has led to me always believing that it is the same fault and for some reason beyond my ken the phantom ISP had changed from Tiscali to Infonet.
Since reading this thread I have become a little less sure of this and perhaps the Tiscali and the Infonet events are unconnected.
It would be nice to get to the bottom of this.

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

gwowders — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:28:36 GMT

Hi,
Not sure if this is still important to anyone but I've just got my modem connected for the first time and have been assigned an Infonet IP - http://www.speedtest.net/result/4422016601.png
Ben

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Townman — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:17:19 GMT

Ben,
See this thread - http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,130918.0.html
Kevin

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Edward_Snowden — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:30:19 GMT

Something stinks !!!! 2016 now !

2 years at Least and I am FED UP with, My Searches, The BBC, The NATIONAL LOTTERY and many more INSISTING I am NOT IN THE UK.

Sort this PLEASE Plusnet !!!!

Poor show !

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

Chris — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:19:52 GMT

All of those sites should recognise the IP you're posting from as a UK one. Can you reply to this thread with the information: https://community.plus.net/t5/Plusnet-Feedback/IP-addresses-not-UK-Can-customers-please-report-any-problems/m-p/1142937

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

bobpullen — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:21:17 GMT

What issue are you having with search? National Lottery should have been sorted a while back after they introduced further geo-location checks, and I've never known there to be any issues with the BBC. Can you elaborate?

Re: Speedtest.net showing my ISP as Infonet Services instead of Plusnet technologies

scirvine001 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 19:28:30 GMT

The reason you see the ISP difference is Plusnet will have purchased a batch of IP addresses from the said company hence the ISP name difference