2011/11/17 Dave Hart <daveh...@gmail.com>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 18:55, Keegan Holley <keegan.hol...@sungard.com> > wrote: > > 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. > > Did you intend to say the first autonomous system number assigned for > use on ARPAnet? > > Pedantically yours, > > I have to admit I wasn't sure. I know ARPAnet predated BGP and EGP I believe so I wasn't sure if there were ASN's then.
