economic value of low AS numbers

Thu Nov 17 18:26:31 UTC 2011

At 10:21 17/11/2011 -0800, David Conrad wrote:
>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.

AS-envy.

-Hank