<div dir="ltr">I explain a little more detailed.<div>Obtained in advance AS has about zero cost.</div><div>Real network resources has a solid costs. Resources should be registered at first, like we register a firm before start to do something. We need some lawful resource ability confirmation at first.</div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 16:53, Paul Thornton <<a href="mailto:paul@prtsystems.ltd.uk">paul@prtsystems.ltd.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
On 07/05/2019 14:34, Dominik Nowacki wrote:<br>
> Hi Maxim,<br>
> What stops you from applying for the ASN once the cables are buried<br>
> several years down the road, and while the build process is ongoing from<br>
> using a default route instead ?<br>
<br>
Nothing, of course.<br>
<br>
But it is a little hard to announce your own address space behind a <br>
provider if you don't have an AS. And having your upstream originate it <br>
just means pain (and usually downtime) whilst they convert you from a <br>
non-BGP service to a BGP-enabled one.<br>
<br>
I personally have no problem with making it easier to obtain an AS if <br>
you intend to multihome at some point in the future (measured in years <br>
if necessary - let people who want to do the Right Thing from day one do <br>
that). There are plenty of 32 bit AS numbers available, they are not a <br>
scarce resource and we as a community should probably not treat them as <br>
such.<br>
<br>
Paul.<br>
<br>
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