Re: How many ISPs are out there?

[Philip Smith <pfs () cisco com>]

At 09:21 24/07/2001 +0000, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:

> how many active ASN's are there?

and minus the other multihoming networks...

Hmmm, and looking at the list of ASNs it's pretty hard to work out which 
are ISPs and which are not.

And then what about those ISPs who don't have an ASN...

p



> >
> >
> > I was actually thinking along IAP (Internet Access Provider) lines. But,
> > most folks lump ISPs and IAPs in the same breath.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Adam Rothschild [mailto:asr () latency net]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:09 PM
> > > To: Roeland Meyer
> > > Cc: nanog () merit edu
> > > Subject: Re: How many ISPs are out there?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:37:01PM -0700, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> > > > Is there a site that can give me that info?
> > >
> > > When in doubt, ask Jeeves:
> > >
> > > <http://www.ask.com/main/askjeeves.asp?ask=How+many+ISPs+are+o> > 
> ut+there%3F>
> > >
> > > What exactly is an ISP anyways?
> > >
> > > -a
> > >
> >