Can confirm that this has most likely been in the works for several months, as the IP block was assigned at the end of last year:
Code:network:IP-Network-Block:204.2.229.0 - 204.2.229.255 network:Created:2016-12-28 05:21:51.205854+00 network:Updated:2016-12-28 05:21:51.205854+00