Re: Why are paper LOAs still used?

[Jason Canady <jason () unlimitednet us>]

We just switched over to IRR routing with Cogent, it is available.  It's 
just not on by default.

Best Regards,

Jason

On 2/26/24 3:14 PM, Aaron Wendel wrote:
> I don't have any examples of anyone still using paper LOAs except for 
> Cogent.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On 2/26/2024 12:57 PM, Seth Mattinen via NANOG wrote:
> > Why do companies still insist on, or deploy new systems that rely on 
> > paper LOA for IP and ASN resources? How can this be considered more 
> > trustworthy than RIR based IRR records?
> >
> > And I'm not even talking about old companies, I have a situation 
> > right now where a VPS provider I'm using will no longer use IRR and 
> > only accepts new paper LOAs. In the year 2024. I don't understand how 
> > anyone can go backwards like that.
> >
> > ~Seth