216.119.248.0/21

Has ARIN begun assigning from 216 (but not updating whois), or
  is AS16994 playing silly buggers here?

  (Apparently this network was sending spam.)

route-views.oregon-ix.net>sh ip bgp 216.119.251.98
BGP routing table entry for 216.119.248.0/21, version 1338771
Paths: (53 available, best #14)
  Advertised to non peer-group peers:
    64.166.72.140
  3333 9057 3549 11456 11456 16994
    193.0.0.56 from 193.0.0.56 (193.0.0.56)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
  7018 3549 11456 11456 16994
    192.205.31.33 from 192.205.31.33 (192.205.31.33)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
  8918 3356 11456 11456 16994
    212.4.193.253 from 212.4.193.253 (212.4.193.253)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
  6395 3356 11456 11456 16994
    216.140.8.63 from 216.140.8.63 (216.140.8.63)
      Origin IGP, metric 416, localpref 100, valid, external
      Community: 6395:200 6395:1005
  4006 3549 11456 11456 16994
    205.215.45.50 from 205.215.45.50 (205.215.45.50)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
  5056 701 3549 11456 11456 16994
    167.142.3.6 from 167.142.3.6 (167.142.225.101)
      Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external
[snip]

ARIN's been assigning from 216 for something like two years now, I
think... We got some 216.* IPs from one of our upstreams like a year and
a bit ago, and I recall having seen them around for quite some time
before then.

Vivien

ARIN has been making allocations from 216.0.0.0/8 since 1998.

ARIN has not yet allocated 216.119.248.0/21 to any organization.

Richard Jimmerson
Director of Operations
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

CORRECTION

   216.119.248.0/21

Has been allocated. ARIN WHOIS will be updated to reflect this
allocation shortly.

Richard Jimmerson
Director of Operations
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)