CarlDear Fediverse, I am lost and need some help with #neteng planning. I run a small environment, we're eventually going to need an ASN. We already lease IPv4 from IPXO, but they are announced by our sole transit provider. I eventually want to have another provider and then #bgp all the things, but that requires an ASN and a handle at one the registries. RIPE is very forward and transparent about how it works, and fees, but I live in the US. So I think I need to use ARIN, which is...opaque. (cont)
John Kristoff@edolnx Have you reviewed https://www.arin.net/resources/guide/request/ ?
You cannot obtain an ASN in the ARIN region as an individual. So that means some sort of state issued business registration.
Look at the fee schedule page for costs, you can probably expect a few hundred USD per year.
ARIN support is good to work with, but there may be more "process" and paperwork than other RIRs. Create an account and open a ticket to get the process started.
Note, you might want to just use RIPE. It might be easier.
