Re: ftp.au.debian.org
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:33:40AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
>
> In my experience, you usually have to take special care to ensure that
> the mirror you use is cheaper than going to the states. Planetmirror
> can be cheaper for Telstra users if they use a special plan, Aarnet
> is cheaper for users who go through universities, the Pacific.net and
> Internode mirrors are (generally) cheaper for their customers. But if
> you use a different Australian mirror instead, it's just as bad as going
> all the way to the US.
Without employing some sort of source-based DNS resolution (and a lengthy
list of mirrors), you're not going to be able to please (i.e. resolve to the
cheapest mirror) anywhere near everybody. I think it has to be up to
customers of providers to know about provider specific mirrors. Debian
should just aim to make the official one something well connected and
reliable.
Andrew
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