Re: as numbers

[Joe Abley <jabley () isc org>]

On 31 Jul 2005, at 01:23, Robert Boyle wrote:

> I agree that implementation sooner rather than later is a good idea, 
> but all of us already have a 2-Byte AS so although we care in theory 
> and believe it is a good idea, we don't _really_ care as much as the 
> first guy who gets a 4-Byte AS will.

The first guy who gets a 4-byte AS number is going to be one of our 
customers. If we want to be able to talk BGP with him, we need 4-byte 
AS number support in our edge routers.

ISPs who have an interest in continuing to win transit customers past 
2008/2009 should be interested in getting 4-byte AS number support, 
regardless of how many 2-byte AS numbers they already have. ISPs who 
plan to stop getting new customers don't need to bother :-)


Joe