On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 04:23:27PM +0200, Norbert Nemec wrote: > Problem with squid: The first one trying to download a file from the proxy > is out of luck. For him it takes just as long (maybe even a little longer) > as downloading it directly. Not necessarily. If the user is on a line that's slower than the proxy's (e.g., a modem user) this isn't going to make much difference (if any). And if there are so few users of a mirror that they're often the first ones to download a file, why should they be using a couple of gigs of daily bandwidth from a primary site? Mike Stone
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