2011/11/17 David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Keegan Holley wrote:
Besides standing at the water cooler at 1:23PM on 12/3 telling AS123 jokes I'm not sure a particular AS number has any relevance or any monetary value unless there is scarcity.
You are discounting (pun intended) vanity and marketing. I am no longer surprised at what people will be willing to pay (sometimes astonishing amounts of) money for.
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.