Why does Sprint have address filters again?

Fri May 29 20:53:21 UTC 1998

John Golovich said once upon a time:
>
>In the Detroit area alot of smaller ISPs are looking to create a 
>peering between each other to create shorter router for wherever 
>traffic needs to go (ie. transit routing).
>
>This plan has been placed on hold and almost officially shelved 
>because alot of the smaller ISPs dont see the need for an AS number.  
>
>It is like trying to get your budget increased.  If the fee for AS 
>numbers was removed this peering would probably be already completed.

Couldn't you just use internal AS numbers to talk to each other?  I agree,
its not the best solution, but it would at least get you on the road.