James, As far as I know, you can't buy an existing ASN for any amount of money. You can buy the company that owns it, but that seems like boiling tea with a blowtorch.
I sincerely doubt there are unused low-number ASNs, but you could always ask ARIN. I'm curious what your client's rationale is for wanting a low ASN. It can't be efficiency, since the numbers all take the same number of bits ultimately. If they just like small numbers, I'd advise them to forget it -- life is too short. If they have a real technical reason that nobody has foreseen (or at least I haven't foreseen), I'd love to hear it. -mel beckman > On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:01 PM, James Breeden <ja...@arenalgroup.co> wrote: > > Hello NANOG... > > I have a client interested in picking up a new AS number but they really want > it to be 3 or 4 digits in length. > > Is there a process to request this from ARIN, or doss anyone know of unused > ASns fitting this that anyone is looking to sell for some quick cash? > > Thanks! > James > > > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
