IP under review
43.198.0.1
Datacenter IP
· Hong Kong Wan Chai
DC
Purity
75 / 100 · B
Risk checks
0 hit
10 checked · 0 not checked
Operator
Amazon.com, Inc.
hosting / cloud
AI platforms by the regions OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta each list (Muse: the known US and Canada launch)
MuseNot suitableMuse is only open in the US and Canada so far; signing up from Hong Kong puts you on the waitlist
ClaudeNot suitableHong Kong is not on Anthropic’s list of regions where Claude is available
ChatGPTNot suitableHong Kong is not on OpenAI’s list of regions where ChatGPT is available
GeminiWorks, but gets challengedRegion supported; a datacenter IP works but gets verification prompts and risk checks more often
Gemini APINot suitableHong Kong is not on Google’s list for the Gemini API / AI Studio (the web app has its own list)
Use cases a fit score, not a success rate; each use case has its own weights — see Method
TikToksign-up, account warm-up, liveNot recommendedTikTok left Hong Kong in 2020; it won’t work normally on a Hong Kong IP
E-commerce storesAmazon, Shopee, eBay seller centersUsable, may be challenged · 70datacenter IP −30
Social accountsFacebook, Instagram, XUsable, may be challenged · 70datacenter IP −30
StreamingNetflix, Disney+ and othersNot recommended · 50datacenter IP −50
PaymentsPayPal, Stripe, foreign cardsUsable, may be challenged · 70datacenter IP −30
Gamingoverseas game serversSuitable · 90datacenter IP −10; latency matters most, and isn’t measured here
Evidence
- proxycheckSays “VPN / hosting” (second opinion, reference only)
- ipapi.isOperator type: hosting / cloud (Amazon.com, Inc.)
- ipapi.isASN type: hosting / cloud
- ipapi.isIn a datacenter range: Amazon AWS
- X4BNet DC listListed in public datacenter ranges
- Reverse DNSec2-43-198-0-1.ap-east-1.compute.amazonaws.com (looks like datacenter / cloud servers)
- Reverse DNSSampled 32 addresses in the same /24: 32 have reverse DNS, mostly named like datacenter / cloud servers
- RDAP registryNetwork AMAZON-AS-AP, registrant Amazon.com, Inc.
- PeeringDBThe network registers itself as an enterprise network (reference only)
Risk checks ✕ hit · ✓ clear · – not checked this time
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