rain

rain Network

Network Information

The following page provides details on networks and points-of-presence (PoPs) on the rain Network.

Rain is a South African mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and converged services.

Category	ISP/Telco
Web Link	Home Page

rain is in the ISP/Telco category. This type of organization provides connectivity to other organizations, deploys infrastructure for partner edge CDN solutions, and offers local managed hosting.

Network Intelligence

The network data shown here is also available via the Netify Data Feed API. We provide network intelligence to help deliver better digital experiences to end users and businesses.

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For real-time analysis, Netify also provides a deep packet inspection (DPI) engine that integrates with firewalls, quality-of-service (QoS) engines, and other network tools.

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IPv4 Networks

41.56.0.0/18
41.56.64.0/18
41.56.128.0/17
41.73.32.0/22
and 72 more

IPv6 Networks

2c0f:ffd8::/32
2001:43e8::/32

Networks and Routes The networks listed here are low-level detailed routes - either BGP or internal. See What Is BGP for technical details.

ASN

There is a single ASN associated with this network.

ASN	AS37105
Organization	RAIN
Category	ISP/Telco

What is an ASN? An Autonomous System Number (ASN) is a unique identifier assigned to a collection of IP networks managed by a company or organization.

Points of Presence

rain
South Africa

Points of Presence
1 Location

What is a Point of Presence? In order to get information to end users more quickly, many applications are distributed from multiple locations around the globe.
For ISPs/Telcos, we only track the parts of the network that provide edge cache and decentralized applications.

rain - South Africa

Network	PoP	Tag	Country
rain	Johannesburg	johannesburg	South Africa

Edge Caches for rain

Name	IP Info	Link
Akamai	72 IPs	CDN Info
Google Edge CDN	14 IPs	CDN Info
Netflix CDN	5 IPs	CDN Info
Apple CDN	4 IPs	CDN Info

Why Edge Caching?
Some Content delivery networks (CDNs) partner with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and network providers to get content delivery closer to customers.

Decentralized Apps

Name	IP Info	Link
Speedtest	1 IPs	App Info

Decentralized App?
Some applications, by their very nature, are distributed around various corners of the Internet. Examples: speedtest servers and voice-over-WiFi (3GPP).

Sample Edge Cache Applications

Name	Category	CDN
YouTube	Streaming Media	Google Edge CDN	App Info
Huawei	Device/IoT	Akamai	App Info
Netflix	Streaming Media	Netflix CDN	App Info
TikTok	Social Media	Akamai	App Info
MSN	Portal	Akamai	App Info
Microsoft	Business	Akamai	App Info
Microsoft Office	Business	Akamai	App Info