Re: economic value of low AS numbers

[Robert Bonomi <bonomi () mail r-bonomi com>]

> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com () nanog org  Thu Nov 17 14:53:57 2011
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:52:33 -0500 (EST)
> From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
> To: NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
> Subject: Re: economic value of low AS numbers
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dave Hart" <davehart () gmail com>
>
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 19:08, David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>
> > wrote:
> > > whois -h whois.arin.net 42
> >
> > RFC 943:
> >
> > 42 THINK-AS [BJN1]
> >
> > [BJN1] Bruce Nemnich TMC BJN () 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.

I think it was abaout the time they clustered a group of nine 6-node machines.