<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Mar 20, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>If new networks are no longer able to get 2-byte ASNs, two things will<br>happen pretty quickly. Most remaining SPs will support 4-byte ASNs<br>very rapidly, because they will lose out on new customers if they<br>don't.</div></blockquote><br></div>You are suggesting something you believe to be true. I am stating what I have observed time and time again. Operators see no value in supporting 4-byte ASNs, regardless of what you want to believe. Therefore your proposal to penalize the customer is aimed at the wrong place. It would hurt the customer, not the operator.<div><br><div>
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