[146656] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: economic value of low AS numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Thu Nov 17 15:52:43 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:52:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAMbSiYBV+Nob6M2peO_oCzK9j=-wO7YmEBGDE25zHArvMg8YPA@mail.gmail.com>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Hart" <davehart@gmail.com>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 19:08, David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
> wrote:
> > whois -h whois.arin.net 42
>
> RFC 943:
>
> 42 THINK-AS [BJN1]
>
> [BJN1] Bruce Nemnich TMC BJN@MIT-MC.ARPA
>
> I have no idea which registry was maintaining AS number registrations
> when AS42 changed hands. I suppose it's possible the current
> registrant acquired or merged with whatever entity THINK refers to,
> but I doubt it, so it seems likely at least at one time transfers were
> reflected in updated registrations.
I'd be shocked, shocked I tell... oh, yes; put the money over here please.
Shocked, I tell you, if that wasn't Thinking Machines Corp., which was
formed by MIT grads, as I remember it.
The real question is whether it was issued after HHGTTG.
Cheers,
-- jra
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