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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Low AS - Number
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 12:31:35PM -0400, Mike (meuon) Harrison wrote: > > Nonsense. One of the first things new/large companies do is buy someone > > with a low ASN and take it over. Look at QWest, Verio, etc. In fact, > > pretty much the only exception to this rule is Cogent, who is still using > > 16631 instead of 174 or 4006. > > Aww. come on.. do they buy them because of a low ASN? > Or because they are looking for a core of experienced > people and some physical assets and customers worth acquiring > and many of them just happen to have a low ASN. Sometimes not, sometimes both. But if they didn't want the low ASN, it'd be a lot easier to go get a new one than to do all the paperwork for a transfer. It's an image thing, pure and simple. If people know you buy your ASN, why not make it a good one. -- Richard A Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)
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