At 08:20 4/14/2005, Subhro, wrote: >Anthony Atkielski wrote: > >>All the more reason to have a mirror in India. The shorter the distance >>to cover, the faster the transfer is likely to be, >> > >This is definitely technically true but not practially as far as India >is concern. The average bandwidth available to individual is 56Kbps >(actual, not the rated). A few lucky souls DO have access to high speed >links in the range of ~1Mbps but that is truly not the mass. So as far >as transfer rate is concerned, the bottleneck is definitely not the >physical location of the source. > >> and the lower the >>cost. >> > >This also is not applicable is here. Having spent quite some time in US, >I am well aware of the fact that for many ISPs, data tranferred within >the local uplink is free. However this is not the case here. Firstly as >most users access internet on dialup, they do not have any data >restrictions.
Hmmm. Does 'they do not have any data restrictions' mean that the aren't charged by the megabyte? If so, there is a Windows program called FreeDownloadManager that can *reliably* download huge files. In the case of ISOs, it could take many days on dialup, but you can start or stop, regulate download speed, etc.: http://www.FreeDownloadManager.org/features.htm >The people who *do* have a fat downlink would pay equally >for data transferred from an Indian server or from an American Server. > >>Additionally, a mirror site in India could burn CDs locally and hand >>them out, subject to licensing restrictions. >> >> >This is really a wonderful idea. It never struck to me. Even without >going in for a online mirror, I can take initiative and execute this. >Thanks Anthony. I would also request the concerned person to kindly let >me know how I can get listed on the FreeBSD Handbook. > >Best Regards, >S. Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"