Knowing how bad most telco networks are operated, I blithely wonder if maybe they were using stuff in 1./8 as PNI or some other privileged internal net and are

Knowing how bad most telco networks are operated, I blithely wonder if maybe they were using stuff in 1./8 as PNI or some other privileged internal net and are going through some oh shit moments. Hanlon's razor as lots of DNS services are available on not as vanity IP space, and there is no evidence of blockage.