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Re: economic value of low AS numbers


From: Hank Nussbacher <hank () efes iucc ac il>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:26:31 +0200

At 10:21 17/11/2011 -0800, David Conrad wrote:
On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Keegan Holley wrote:
> Besides standing at the water cooler at 1:23PM on 12/3 telling AS123 jokes
> I'm not sure a particular AS number has any relevance or any monetary value
> unless there is scarcity.

You are discounting (pun intended) vanity and marketing. I am no longer surprised at what people will be willing to pay (sometimes astonishing amounts of) money for.

AS-envy.

-Hank



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