Re: 4 or smaller digit ASNs

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

There are, for better or worse, ASN transfers under NRPM 8.3 in the ARIN region. (Personally, I find this silly, but 
the community came to consensus on the matter, so it is what it is).

As such, if you can find someone with a low number ASN who is willing to part with it for what you are willing to offer 
to acquire same, then you can transfer it.

Owen

> On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:47 PM, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
>
> James,
>
> As far as I know, you can't buy an existing ASN for any amount of money. You can buy the company that owns it, but 
> that seems like boiling tea with a blowtorch.
>
> I sincerely doubt there are unused low-number ASNs, but you could always ask ARIN.
>
> I'm curious what your client's rationale is for wanting a low ASN. It can't be efficiency, since the numbers all take 
> the same number of bits ultimately. If they just like small numbers, I'd advise them to forget it -- life is too 
> short. If they have a real technical reason that nobody has foreseen (or at least I haven't foreseen), I'd love to 
> hear it.
>
>
> -mel beckman
>
> > On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:01 PM, James Breeden <James () arenalgroup co> wrote:
> >
> > Hello NANOG...
> >
> > I have a client interested in picking up a new AS number but they really want it to be 3 or 4 digits in length.
> >
> > Is there a process to request this from ARIN, or doss anyone know of unused ASns fitting this that anyone is looking 
> > to sell for some quick cash?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone