[address-policy-wg] Application for AS number

Hi,

On 07/05/2019 14:34, Dominik Nowacki wrote:
> Hi Maxim,
> What stops you from applying for the ASN once the cables are buried
> several years down the road, and while the build process is ongoing from
> using a default route instead ?

Nothing, of course.

But it is a little hard to announce your own address space behind a 
provider if you don't have an AS.  And having your upstream originate it 
just means pain (and usually downtime) whilst they convert you from a 
non-BGP service to a BGP-enabled one.

I personally have no problem with making it easier to obtain an AS if 
you intend to multihome at some point in the future (measured in years 
if necessary - let people who want to do the Right Thing from day one do 
that).  There are plenty of 32 bit AS numbers available, they are not a 
scarce resource and we as a community should probably not treat them as 
such.

Paul.