[29939] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open Question About AS Number assignments...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Marcus)
Mon Jul 10 10:15:46 2000
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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:12:48 -0400
To: David R Huberman <dhuberma@telocity.net>
From: Scott Marcus <smarcus@genuity.com>
Cc: Aaron Moreau-Cook <aaronm@toothpick.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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At 02:54 07/10/2000 -0700, David R Huberman wrote:
> ...
>> 5) Is there a advantage to having a lower AS number?
>
>Some network operators measure the size of their, um, "networks", by
>the lowness of their primary AS (Scott Marcus-envy). :> ...
Ummm, thanks, I think. :-)
Yes, the lower numbers have sort of a nice cachet to them, and we're
certainly happy with ours; however, I would think of it as being more like
having a low employee number on your company ID badge. It says more about
your longevity and seniority than it does about your rank (or in this case,
network size).
- Scott Marcus (CTO, Genuity [AS 1])
