There are, for better or worse, ASN transfers under NRPM 8.3 in the ARIN region. (Personally, I find this silly, but the community came to consensus on the matter, so it is what it is).
As such, if you can find someone with a low number ASN who is willing to part with it for what you are willing to offer to acquire same, then you can transfer it. Owen > On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:47 PM, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > > James, > > As far as I know, you can't buy an existing ASN for any amount of money. You > can buy the company that owns it, but that seems like boiling tea with a > blowtorch. > > I sincerely doubt there are unused low-number ASNs, but you could always ask > ARIN. > > I'm curious what your client's rationale is for wanting a low ASN. It can't > be efficiency, since the numbers all take the same number of bits ultimately. > If they just like small numbers, I'd advise them to forget it -- life is too > short. If they have a real technical reason that nobody has foreseen (or at > least I haven't foreseen), I'd love to hear it. > > > -mel beckman > >> On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:01 PM, James Breeden <ja...@arenalgroup.co> wrote: >> >> Hello NANOG... >> >> I have a client interested in picking up a new AS number but they really >> want it to be 3 or 4 digits in length. >> >> Is there a process to request this from ARIN, or doss anyone know of unused >> ASns fitting this that anyone is looking to sell for some quick cash? >> >> Thanks! >> James >> >> >> >> >> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
