Sure. We call those companies "resellers". Or, if they actually do bring some additional value to the table, they're VARs. Not ISPs.
Matt On Jul 11, 2014 10:37 AM, "Scott Helms" <khe...@zcorum.com> wrote: > Matt, > > That's simply not true, if it were then several million US subscribers > wouldn't have access to the Internet at all. There are _lots_ of small > providers that serve rural America (and Canada) that have gotten their IPs > from their transit provider rather than ARIN, are single homed, and have > never considered getting an ASN because it doesn't do anything for them. > > > Scott Helms > Vice President of Technology > ZCorum > (678) 507-5000 > -------------------------------- > http://twitter.com/kscotthelms > -------------------------------- > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Matthew Petach <mpet...@netflight.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Jima <na...@jima.us> wrote: >> >> > [...] >> > I guess I'm just glad that my home ISP can justify anteing up for a >> pipe >> > to SIX, resources for hosting OpenConnect nodes, and, for that matter, >> an >> > ASN. Indeed, not everyone can. >> > >> > Jima >> > >> > >> I'm sorry. >> If your ISP doesn't have an ASN, >> it's not an ISP. Full stop. >> >> There *are* some fundamental basics >> that are necessary to function as an ISP; >> having an AS number and being able to >> speak BGP are pretty much at the top >> of the list. >> >> If you cannot manage to obtain and support >> an AS number as an ISP, it is probably time >> to consider closing up shop and finding >> another line of work. >> >> Matt >> > >