[146634] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: economic value of low AS numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Thu Nov 17 13:23:15 2011
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <CABO8Q6RzySTgkDh8GagduNpzjFFJ0bzmFZcwiWOMJu_Z0nJyZA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:21:59 -0800
To: Keegan Holley <keegan.holley@sungard.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Keegan Holley wrote:
> Besides standing at the water cooler at 1:23PM on 12/3 telling AS123 =
jokes
> I'm not sure a particular AS number has any relevance or any monetary =
value
> unless there is scarcity.
You are discounting (pun intended) vanity and marketing. I am no longer =
surprised at what people will be willing to pay (sometimes astonishing =
amounts of) money for.
Regards,
-drc
