2011/11/17 David Conrad <d...@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.