It's still in use, I believe Level(3)/CenturyLink uses it for either their VPN or Voice network.
-Steve On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 9:44 PM Ross Tajvar <r...@tajvar.io> wrote: > Speaking of AS1 - I've been wondering, what's it being used for? It looks > like Level3 owns it, and it's announcing a handful of prefixes and peering > with a bunch of random ASes from many different countries. > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Steve Meuse <sme...@mara.org> wrote: > >> >> John Orthoefer and I (and dozens of other BBN folks on this list) both >> worked for BBNPlanet at the time that 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 were assigned. >> John was one of the folks who built and ran that system. >> >> So when he said "I wish we could have used 4.4.4.4" and my comment of "I >> think the dial modem folks beat us to..." was referring to the fact that >> when 4/8 was first being deployed on AS1 we started assigning blocks to >> various groups and they realized that 4.4.4.0/XX had already been >> delegated to another internal group (I think it was the dial group). >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:45 PM Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: >> >>> 4.0.0.0/8 has been GTE/Level3 forever. >>> >>> 4.2.2.1 - 6 have been L3 DNS as far back as I can remember. >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:32 PM Todd Underwood <toddun...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> google used 4.4.4.4 for DNS in the past (2010, IIRC). >>>> >>>> t >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:21 PM Steve Meuse <sme...@mara.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think it was the dial modem team that beat us to 4.4.4.0/24? >>>>> >>>>> -Steve >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 7:44 PM John Orthoefer <j...@direwolf.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I wish we could have used 4.4.4.4. Although at the time I suspect we >>>>>> would have used 4.4.4.[123]. >>>>>> >>>>>> Johno >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 8, 2018, at 18:58, Matt Erculiani <merculi...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> So it looks like GE will be solvent for a few more years and 3.3.3.3 >>>>>> DNS is incoming. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Matt >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 17:54 Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18407173 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Quoting from the post: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> " >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apparently bought in two chunks: 3.0.0.0/9 and 3.128.0.0/9. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Previous owner was GE. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anecdotal reports across the Internet that AWS EIPs are now being >>>>>>> assigned in that range. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-3-0-0-0-1.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-3-128-0-0-1.html >>>>>>> " >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >
