IPv4 and ASN Policy draft on-line

>If I go the Oregon router server and look up their /19 and find only 1
>path to that /19 or I find that the ASN origin has disappeared and been
>replaced by their upstream then there is no justification for getting an
>ASN.
>
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>> randy
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>Hank

  Wrong.
  there are valid cases where a (globally unique) AS# is required which
  does not show up in the DFZ.  (and, of course, there are places where a
  private AS# would do just as well).
  
  The bottom line is: how much are we (collectively) prepared to pay (in
  real money for RIR staff salaries, complexity, hassle and delay for
  *all* requests) in order to save a couple of AS numbers...
  
  -WW
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