On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Tony Finch wrote:

> How important are the mirrors? 

Mirrors are important in countries where International access is slow
and (probably more importantly) expensive. Though of course suitable web 
caches at the International connection points can help, they are not 
always available. I think what I am saying is that mirrors are still 
important in the less-developed parts of the world for the same reasons 
that they were once important everywhere. No doubt this implies that in 
due course we can hope that their importance will reduce as the 
less-developed parts of the world catch up. But I do not think this will 
happen overnight, despite the grand words of our politicians.

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