To facilitate interdomain peering at several sites on
the globe, I guess
there is a need for a separate public AS number for 44/8. There shouldn't
be a problem getting that.
Completely unnecessary. You just need to announce more specific prefixes
and negotiate transit with your upstreams.
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Antonio Querubin
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