Re: economic value of low AS numbers

[Keegan Holley <keegan.holley () sungard com>]

2011/11/17 David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>

> 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.
>
> I suppose I can't argue with that, but anyone technical enough to know
what an AS is should know better.  Also, would it really count?  What if I
opened a small ISP in some carrier hotel and paid 1000 bucks for AS 1.  I'm
not sure I'd want to sign a contract with someone dumb enough to think I
was the first company on the internet.