economic value of low AS numbers

Thu Nov 17 20:52:33 UTC 2011

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Hart" <davehart at gmail.com>

> 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'd be shocked, shocked I tell... oh, yes; put the money over here please.

Shocked, I tell you, if that wasn't Thinking Machines Corp., which was 
formed by MIT grads, as I remember it.

The real question is whether it was issued after HHGTTG.

Cheers,
-- jra
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