On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 7:16 AM Daniel Seagraves < dseag...@humancapitaldev.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 11, 2019, at 6:28 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzme...@nic.fr> > wrote: > > > > I nitpick, but "never transferred the block" is not the same thing as > > "never authorized Cogent to announce it”. > > This should not be just a “nitpick". AT&T announces our extremely legacy > ARIN allocation for us because we do not qualify to have an ASN, but I > absolutely did not, will not, and *have actively resisted attempts to* > transfer the block to them. I would sooner have my gums tattooed than give > up my address space. Having an ASN was not a requirement when we were > allocated the resource, and I don’t see why we should be punished for being > early adopters. > Getting an AS number is as easy as getting two $20/month virtual servers (e.g. from Vultr and one other provider) and then applying for one from ARIN on the grounds that you're multihomed. As a bonus, you can actually announce it from the VPS provider with a couple prepends, link back to your site with a VPN through whatever cheap commodity backup path you can get and actually be multihomed. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin b...@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/
