Price to own ASN

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• eezcloud Member

  October 2025

  I just got my /24 from ARIN after only being on the waiting list for 9 months.
• Zappie Patron Provider, LIR, Veteran

  October 2025

  @eezcloud said:
  I just got my /24 from ARIN after only being on the waiting list for 9 months.

  Nice!
  You got crazy lucky with that last round of 3 x /16s and a whole load of other space being redistributed, usually waiting times has been 2+ years.

  Thanked by 3tentor Porlam eezcloud
• wiggy Member, Host Rep

  October 2025

  @Andreix said:

  Would be also worth noting that neither ARIN nor RIPE will make any distinction between 16-bit or 32-bit now. An ASN is an ASN.

  While ARIN may allocate a 16bit ASN, you have to expressly ask for it, include justification and - this is the cool part - hope ARIN is currently allocating from a 16-bit ASN pool. If not, they'll offer a 32-bit. If you don't accept a 32-bit, they'll close the ticket.

  RIPE won't give a shit you need a 16-bit. They'll offer a 32-bit or close.

  IDK about the other RIRs.

  They say this to me as well but allocated me AS266 after requesting it 🤷

  Thanked by 2OhJohn six
• wiggy Member, Host Rep

  October 2025

  If a 2-byte ASN is the next available AS number to be allocated then it will be allocated.

  I wonder how there internal policy's work, because they aren't doing incremental (ex. AS911)
• Andreix Host Rep, Veteran

  October 2025

  @wiggy said:

  @Andreix said:

  Would be also worth noting that neither ARIN nor RIPE will make any distinction between 16-bit or 32-bit now. An ASN is an ASN.

  While ARIN may allocate a 16bit ASN, you have to expressly ask for it, include justification and - this is the cool part - hope ARIN is currently allocating from a 16-bit ASN pool. If not, they'll offer a 32-bit. If you don't accept a 32-bit, they'll close the ticket.

  RIPE won't give a shit you need a 16-bit. They'll offer a 32-bit or close.

  IDK about the other RIRs.

  They say this to me as well but allocated me AS266 after requesting it 🤷

  Was it random or you actually requested that via ticket? lol
• wiggy Member, Host Rep

  October 2025

  @Andreix said:

  @wiggy said:

  @Andreix said:

  Would be also worth noting that neither ARIN nor RIPE will make any distinction between 16-bit or 32-bit now. An ASN is an ASN.

  While ARIN may allocate a 16bit ASN, you have to expressly ask for it, include justification and - this is the cool part - hope ARIN is currently allocating from a 16-bit ASN pool. If not, they'll offer a 32-bit. If you don't accept a 32-bit, they'll close the ticket.

  RIPE won't give a shit you need a 16-bit. They'll offer a 32-bit or close.

  IDK about the other RIRs.

  They say this to me as well but allocated me AS266 after requesting it 🤷

  Was it random or you actually requested that via ticket? lol

  I asked for a 2byte, I received a (very good) 2byte.

  Thanked by 1Andreix