Re: [Cooker] Content of mirors

[Vincent Meyer]

um.. well, i get data rates of like 45-65 k/ sec on my cable modem
from ftp.ciril.fr in France, and like 7k / sec from rpmfind in  
Boston.  Boston is MUCH closer.  

V.

Eaon wrote:
> Besides, just take a wild guess, what is going to be closer, topology-wise,
> to me, a mirror in the same city as me, or one on the other side of the
> Atlantic (and continent, since Alberta is on the west side of North
> America)?  Can you give any example when it would be a shorter route to
> cross the planet than to go down the block?