economic value of low AS numbers

Thu Nov 17 19:30:17 UTC 2011

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 19:08, David Conrad <drc at virtualized.org> wrote:
> whois -h whois.arin.net 42

RFC 943:

42  THINK-AS                                          [BJN1]

   [BJN1]    Bruce Nemnich       TMC       BJN at MIT-MC.ARPA

I have no idea which registry was maintaining AS number registrations
when AS42 changed hands.  I suppose it's possible the current
registrant acquired or merged with whatever entity THINK refers to,
but I doubt it, so it seems likely at least at one time transfers were
reflected in updated registrations.

I bet Douglas would have been tickled.

Cheers,
Dave Hart