[146643] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: economic value of low AS numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Hart)
Thu Nov 17 14:11:23 2011
In-Reply-To: <CABO8Q6S3ihfzZyyGGCA-SYCvExR5gGSees1+idNznes0uL7Cjw@mail.gmail.com>
From: Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:09:56 +0000
To: Keegan Holley <keegan.holley@sungard.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: davehart_gmail_exchange_tee@davehart.net
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 18:55, Keegan Holley <keegan.holley@sungard.com> wr=
ote:
> I suppose I can't argue with that, but anyone technical enough to know
> what an AS is should know better. =A0Also, would it really count? =A0What=
if I
> opened a small ISP in some carrier hotel and paid 1000 bucks for AS 1. =
=A0I'm
> not sure I'd want to sign a contract with someone dumb enough to think I
> was the first company on the internet.
Did you intend to say the first autonomous system number assigned for
use on ARPAnet?
Pedantically yours,
Dave Hart
