[146611] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: economic value of low AS numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo Bicknell)
Thu Nov 17 10:22:56 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:22:44 -0800
From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
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In a message written on Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 02:53:26PM +0000, Dave Hart wr=
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> 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.
I think you are confusing a "low ASN" with a "low router ID", or
maybe "low neighbor IP address".
For a refresher, see:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a008009443=
1.shtml
A low ASN has no technical value, as far as I know. Socially perhaps
some folks give additional respect/envy to those with low ASN's.
There's an old joke in the peering community, ASN < 3 digits, peer
with them. ASN with 4 digits, think about peering with them. ASN
with 5 digits, forget it. However, I do believe it's just a joke,
I'm sure more folks peer with Akamai (20940) than with NASA (24).
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Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org - CCIE 3440
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