AI Crawler Index · category
Do telecom websites block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-10-01, 0% of the 5 telecom websites whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 0% block ClaudeBot and 0% block PerplexityBot (all sites: 17%, 16.3%, 12.7%). 2 of 11 publish an llms.txt file.
Block rate by crawler: telecom vs all sites
| Crawler | Operator | Telecom | All sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | OpenAI | 0% | 17% |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | 0% | 6.7% |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | 0% | 9.6% |
| OAI-AdsBot | OpenAI | 0% | 4.3% |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | 0% | 16.3% |
| Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | 0% | 8.1% |
| Claude-User | Anthropic | 0% | 8.3% |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | 0% | 12.7% |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity | 0% | 8.9% |
| Google-Extended | 0% | 14% | |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | 0% | 7.2% | |
| Google-GeminiNotebook | 0% | 4.3% | |
| Google-Agent | 0% | 4.5% | |
| Applebot | Apple | 0% | 2.6% |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | 0% | 14.3% |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | 0% | 14.4% |
| meta-webindexer | Meta | 0% | 6.3% |
| meta-externalfetcher | Meta | 0% | 8.7% |
| meta-externalads | Meta | 0% | 3.8% |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | 0% | 13.1% |
| Amzn-SearchBot | Amazon | 0% | 5.9% |
| Amzn-User | Amazon | 0% | 5.5% |
| DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | 0% | 8.1% |
| MistralAI-User | Mistral | 0% | 8.4% |
| MistralAI-Index | Mistral | 0% | 4.7% |
| MistralAI-Training | Mistral | 0% | 4.7% |
| CCBot | Common Crawl | 0% | 19.5% |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | 0% | 17.7% |
| cohere-ai | Cohere | 0% | 13.7% |
All 11 telecom sites in the index
✕ blocked · ◐ partially blocked (some paths) · ✓ allowed · ? robots.txt unreadable. "#" is the position in our popularity-ordered sample.
| # | Site | Policy | GPTBot | OAI-Search | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-Search | Perplexity | Google-Ext. | CCBot | llms.txt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | mts.ru | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 70 | spectrum.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 81 | telekom.net | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 100 | comcast.net | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 141 | twc.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 355 | rt.ru | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 373 | att.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 461 | docomo.ne.jp | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 497 | t-mobile.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 716 | ioh.co.id | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 838 | xfinity.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
FAQ
- Do telecom websites block AI crawlers?
- As of 2026-10-01, 0% of the 5 telecom websites whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 0% block ClaudeBot and 0% block PerplexityBot (all sites: 17%, 16.3%, 12.7%). 2 of 11 publish an llms.txt file.
- Which telecom websites block GPTBot?
- None in the index.
Other categories
- AI GPTBot 11.1%
- E-commerce GPTBot 10.3%
- Education GPTBot 0%
- Entertainment GPTBot 13.2%
- Finance GPTBot 0%
- Government GPTBot 6.1%
- News & media GPTBot 43.7%
- Other GPTBot 13.5%
- Reference GPTBot 27.9%
- Social GPTBot 33.3%
- Tech GPTBot 4.5%
- Travel GPTBot 15.4%