AS7195: Three Decades building the most connected Latin American Network

On October 7, 1996, when AS7195 was first registered, the global internet was a fundamentally different place. With fewer than 5,000 autonomous systems worldwide, each ASN represented a significant piece of the internet’s backbone infrastructure. Today, as we celebrate three decades of AS7195, the internet has expanded to over 120,000 allocated ASNs—a testament to the explosive growth of global connectivity

The Technical Legacy of AS7195

AS7195 belongs to an exclusive club of 16-bit ASNs, allocated during the era when the internet’s addressing space seemed limitless at 65,536 possible assignments. These original ASNs, ranging from 1 to 65,535, represent the internet’s foundational infrastructure—the digital equivalent of prime real estate in cyberspace.

According to PeeringDB data, AS7195 has evolved into one of Latin America’s most connected networks, with:

30,000 IPv4 prefixes under management
12,000 IPv6 prefixes routing modern internet traffic
20-50 Tbps of traffic capacity
Global geographic scope with deep LATAM roots

EdgeUno: The Network That Grew With The Internet

What started as a single autonomous system in 1996 has transformed into EdgeUno’s backbone—now recognized as the most connected Latin American network. Our journey mirrors the internet’s own evolution:

Beyond The Numbers: Digital Infrastructure as National Asset

AS7195 represents more than routing policies and BGP announcements. It embodies digital sovereignty for Latin America—ensuring that regional internet traffic doesn’t need to traverse distant continents for local communications.

Our autonomous system has become the digital infrastructure that enables:

Local content delivery with sub-15ms latency
Direct peering relationships reducing dependency on international transit
Resilient connectivity during global internet disruptions
Economic development through improved digital access

Looking Forward: The Next 30 Years

As we celebrate this milestone, AS7195 continues evolving. With IPv6 adoption, edge computing demands, and the emergence of Web3 technologies, our three-decade-old ASN remains at the forefront of internet innovation.

The internet that welcomed AS7195 in 1996 had 5,000 autonomous systems. Today’s internet, with 120,000+ ASNs, proves that what started as an experiment has become humanity’s most critical infrastructure.