[146607] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: economic value of low AS numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sebastian Spies)
Thu Nov 17 10:05:01 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:04:12 +0100
From: Sebastian Spies <s+Mailinglisten.nanog@sloc.de>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAMbSiYApG_e7SDiCdgL+RkY38nXExj+zt0No0a1AsU+yDkAZKg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Dave,
On 17.11.2011 15:53, Dave Hart wrote:
> I recognize there's no practical shortage of AS numbers. BGP's
> preference for low AS numbers doesn't come into play much. On the
> other hand, a low AS number can't hurt at the human level when
> negotiating peering or attracting customers.
Could you explain, what you mean with "BGP's preference for low AS
numbers".
Sebastian
