I explain a little more detailed. Obtained in advance AS has about zero cost. Real network resources has a solid costs. Resources should be registered at first, like we register a firm before start to do something. We need some lawful resource ability confirmation at first.
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 16:53, Paul Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 07/05/2019 14:34, Dominik Nowacki wrote: > > Hi Maxim, > > What stops you from applying for the ASN once the cables are buried > > several years down the road, and while the build process is ongoing from > > using a default route instead ? > > Nothing, of course. > > But it is a little hard to announce your own address space behind a > provider if you don't have an AS. And having your upstream originate it > just means pain (and usually downtime) whilst they convert you from a > non-BGP service to a BGP-enabled one. > > I personally have no problem with making it easier to obtain an AS if > you intend to multihome at some point in the future (measured in years > if necessary - let people who want to do the Right Thing from day one do > that). There are plenty of 32 bit AS numbers available, they are not a > scarce resource and we as a community should probably not treat them as > such. > > Paul. > >
