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On Tue, 13 May 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> > 
> > I was able to download from there at least twice 
> > as fast as from the slackware mirror sites, maybe 
> > three times.  The fastest Slackware site I have 
> > found 
> 
> Did you try them all?

No, only about 5 of them.  The tiscali site was consistently among the
fastest but rarely got up to 2K/sec (on a 33K modem).  Would it be faster
to download to my friend's server (at 40K/sec) and then ftp (at 33K via
modem)?  Perhaps my ISP is just slow?  Sometimes I also get 'stalled for
30 sec' or 'stalled for 2 minutes' and I give up.  Would Kermit file
transfer be as fast or faster than Kermit ftp?   I have tried wget as well
as the various browsers.  

I will try my luck with the .rpm packages that I already have on CD,
which should be MUCH faster if it works.  

> > downloads at about 1.5K/sec 
> 
> I have had *much* faster downloads from the mirrors.
Which one(s) do you find to be fastest?


> > (highly variable)
> 
> It certainly does vary.  You need to consider what
> time it is (at the location of the mirror).  During
> peak times (local time) the download will usually 
> be slower than at night (local time) or weekend.
Thanks, I may try the Australia site some time.
I try to do the larger downloads on Sundays, too.

> One of the reasons I have included mirrors from
> around the world is to give you the opportunity
> to select a more favourable time zone.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
> 
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