[29942] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open Question About AS Number assignments...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Mon Jul 10 11:21:06 2000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: smarcus@genuity.com (Scott Marcus)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:34:10 +0000 (UCT)
Cc: dhuberma@telocity.net (David R Huberman),
aaronm@toothpick.net (Aaron Moreau-Cook), nanog@merit.edu
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> >> 5) Is there a advantage to having a lower AS number?
No.
> >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])
wrt longevity & seniority, Genuity is fairly recent.
Early AS assignments were signs of early adopters as
is the case with some IP space. Given the level of M&A
activity, having a low AS number generally means you
bought out someone else.
