On 12/10/2017 08:47, Mel Beckman 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 is called ASN-envy.
-Hank AS378 :-) > 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
