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Re: Open Question About AS Number assignments...

  • From: Scott Marcus
  • Date: Mon Jul 10 10:16:40 2000 
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])