UTL which is the only ADSL provider in UG has a local speedtest mirror at 
www.speedtest.net. 

It would be interesting to see some results…



Regards,

--
Markus

On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> :)Where exactly is the bottleneck? Where did you experience this from, i mean 
> the location? (Those are typical questions from service providers)
> 
> But, I suppose even if the ADSL local loop is copper, it should achieve up to 
> 8Mbps downlink, then you will be switched onto a T1, or T2, or T3, or at T4 
> ye probably switched to the Uganda Border Exit gateway, then to the Kenya 
> Exit gateway, unto the Africa exit gateway, unto Europe entrance gateway, 
> then unto some university mirrors in Europe to get the distros.
> 
> As far as i have been reading, the exit gateway interconnection should now be 
> fiber; so why couldn't you download your distros fast enough?
> 
> For the broadband mobile, probably i can understand, coz the base stations 
> may not be interconnected by fibre, the error rate is great, and any overhead 
> enabling encryption on the access modems renders the system slow......
> 
> Quoting Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected]>:
> 
>> Having downloaded two ISOs over a Ugandan ADSL connection, I am now
>> thoroughly humbled. It would take less time to walk/drive over to a
>> friend's house and copy his or her downloaded ISO!
>> 
>> Which, in fact, brings me to my point. I have a few distribution ISOs on my
>> laptop in case anyone would save some time and bandwidth. I usually sit in
>> WOUGNETs office during office hours (GPS: 0.34382,32.59247 Google Maps:
>> http://goo.gl/LWcML), so feel free to come and leech some data! File list
>> follows below.
>> 
>> b6e67f3a5b69e5e224eb67df277dfad7  ./Arch/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso
>> 
>> 68d0109017f486f24a4c04217dd547f2  ./Archbang/archbang-2011.11-i686.iso
>> 74ae96da17c3710bf88f1efa85adce0c  ./Archbang/archbang-2011.11-x86_64.iso
>> 
>> 1e573918749a7aad9ed2898793c257eb
>> ./Clonezilla/clonezilla-live-1.2.12-24-amd64.iso
>> 5375306316a8952e5861745c3ded3472
>> ./Clonezilla/clonezilla-live-1.2.12-24-i486.iso
>> 6db7912497be27f3c663276715f8d985
>> ./Clonezilla/clonezilla-live-1.2.12-24-i686-pae.iso
>> 
>> fad3c3cba2b019c805c88c33742cedef
>> ./Crunchbang/crunchbang-10-20120207-amd64.bpo.iso
>> bbfba02e9ce54c5370e454228637fa99
>> ./Crunchbang/crunchbang-10-20120207-i386.bpo.iso
>> 016fc66784fe351a1a1248f30b8d5c65
>> ./Crunchbang/crunchbang-10-20120207-amd64.iso
>> f14fb84ecac5f859e8a3434ff99aeba6
>> ./Crunchbang/crunchbang-10-20120207-i386.iso
>> 
>> 2310b160e4ae76d91523b660cd5be071
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso
>> 49d4e262582bf412ab307b6a9b8ae4b7
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-2.iso
>> 0303830b97a5ed1e0f963ce0efec42d7
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-i386-DVD-1.iso
>> 60526f70166bad1cf23030369c79cc9f
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-i386-DVD-2.iso
>> 43f75ce14311a164fd74092296bada0d
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.jigdo
>> df237acbc8ac299e386f66b6eba6cc45
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-2.jigdo
>> c69657deb562c383b9fcd5ea8ad54a81
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-i386-DVD-1.jigdo
>> adbba6ccc318bb77326a4387509b5d59
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-i386-DVD-2.jigdo
>> 155b1ea15b426de021fd543286966e85
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.template
>> d09bfe03ed7a304eb1607407e30850fe
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-2.template
>> 7a507a161012753d495fdb1e41985273
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-i386-DVD-1.template
>> a3953b323dea44d6b6baee43380b3ec5
>> ./debian/debian-update-6.0.3-i386-DVD-2.template
>> 
>> aad89cd0b6c1b454c554b37ee6034041  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-1.iso
>> 626b24226955b2e074daf58094639db4  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-2.iso
>> 137576531be8eda742f1c7663b29f5a9  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-3.iso
>> 640425389af2089acf6ed0ddb11e8c18  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-4.iso
>> b844cf13ac2d54ab2a6d9d8533b520d4  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-5.iso
>> dbbf2f71160e2f93d1b56341e3eb0d41  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-6.iso
>> d39f364b58fdc45ccde8830c97877c10  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-7.iso
>> b21ff01a104f66a1f76d302818957793  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-8.iso
>> eef9bbf5f32cfcf81ad70dd988afc8ae  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-1.jigdo
>> 8293d4789e7232dd54aa536581f43b65  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-2.jigdo
>> ec09f432ad9fe8f8bd05cfd332476110  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-3.jigdo
>> b28eed01472c5ef9bdc4fafb953f0932  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-4.jigdo
>> 0f200684c2f725fb6eda7879abc17c79  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-5.jigdo
>> bf1f30aa89ca2c9cdb86e6ccdc07cb86  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-6.jigdo
>> 8d338c75c3cee3181cde1c445ed95c4f  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-7.jigdo
>> f79a783de7fddb4189a669059f645967  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-8.jigdo
>> 9eec856a3bcc100db3a61d094227b364  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-1.template
>> 8b872b3e364e863ba54b9697a2da7ed1  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-2.template
>> 6bcf0cae1623235e09d0a76d5772ea20  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-3.template
>> 21780f6e8f69f06b98cded0d14d2320b  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-4.template
>> 1ef590f30686a5dc063a05ed8563fb4d  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-5.template
>> 1ef2202ce7a5a0ae7a4f2f183208c709  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-6.template
>> ff7ade550726c0c247f2f73c9fd8621b  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-7.template
>> 295c88fd095cb9c4d44b8aac40cf7ee2  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-i386-DVD-8.template
>> 
>> 231ef6d946ac3864a61c36ab631f6405  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso
>> bcf236e8f7124be61953877654a4e04b  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-2.iso
>> c0d74084d31cd2a29d4ee09d6f3119ba  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-3.iso
>> 50e972b829fd37d3465bf0084c64cd18  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-4.iso
>> 2142090657344842ce3494e65cd0dd78  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-5.iso
>> f292b06d6340f82d1ef8c9597881b6a3  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-6.iso
>> 620b4ebf3db81650aae28477006abfa8  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-7.iso
>> fb6f9cd975a5be346c9505533a063aac  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-8.iso
>> d6c4b2dd72370f00933d05d1d1ee0f96  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.jigdo
>> 6d6014ebb7de8962d9b848118b56b4b4  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-2.jigdo
>> 0905de511185e29eb5c7410b0fe782de  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-3.jigdo
>> 72047bd036bd007677be9150d91a7b82  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-4.jigdo
>> 38bee4f969be15a7b1c6bc22b2996507  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-5.jigdo
>> 8e540fdb7b8cdc5fc2064bfcc3e968df  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-6.jigdo
>> fd255add75c5c0337fc975d685c6a74f  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-7.jigdo
>> 1c263023d9c30350cb84e53a9aed8c4a  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-8.jigdo
>> 4e85937ed18571ec71c66026fc892b69  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.template
>> 3cb01282f2abab00609b79d8ac515046  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-2.template
>> 62e4630b39529a25f0a34a053183b843  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-3.template
>> bb4ccb2b20eb214e033e417d4151d60f  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-4.template
>> feffa4ed9df789e16705b86374a8f7d7  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-5.template
>> f9e6e3b180a83fbe5180d92eb47e869b  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-6.template
>> 41ae4db9868c81f408da8a69733e4301  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-7.template
>> 0e18f064ba3429022e082f930480ed18  ./debian/debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-8.template
>> 
>> 5cb7e0d4506c249b78bbe0cd4695b865  ./DSL/dsl-4.4.10.iso
>> 
>> cfe9c2fc7b53e7058a18cb30f5efffc4  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-i686-Live-Desktop.iso
>> 975f7eb417846f63d5eb04065f3a7abf  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-i686-Live-LXDE.iso
>> 053b8ef97e7266a1b9433e7437930cee  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-i686-Live-KDE.iso
>> 890493f78e09b470a35049fd166b4a30  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-i686-Live-XFCE.iso
>> 75a2a05f7f2724ca8fa8ff0628199ce1  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso
>> 20c39452cac6b1e6966f6b7edc704236  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-LXDE.iso
>> 19f2c3de45bc5e2f6cc31774c8576dff  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso
>> a03d40de41398b13e4666b2b61f1336b  ./Fedora/Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-XFCE.iso
>> 
>> 61221643ebeefeeb74bd552311e07070
>> ./FreeBSD/FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso
>> fee32ba2041285b971daf7ea429e36e4
>> ./FreeBSD/FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso
>> 
>> e50fbdc0792d8574cb6e0fbdee40ce4a
>> ./Knoppix/KNOPPIX_V6.7.1CD-2011-09-14-EN.iso
>> 90c0a0acbbd954145b6f55ca36e2e87f
>> ./Knoppix/KNOPPIX_V6.7.1DVD-2011-09-14-EN.iso
>> 
>> ee3d6e2ca498bc7685b7f17cdb5f2eea  ./Mint/linuxmint-12-gnome-dvd-32bit.iso
>> 548f0ac303fea840ef138e5669880a74  ./Mint/linuxmint-12-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso
>> 
>> 36e4df15706ac8e7383c17788cdb58d7  ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-dvd-amd64.iso
>> 8044d756b7f00b695ab8dce07dce43e5  ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-dvd-i386.iso
>> 
>> f8a0112b7cb5dcd6d564dbe59f18c35f  ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-server-amd64.iso
>> 881d188cb1ca5fb18e3d9132275dceda  ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-server-i386.iso
>> 
>> ab1e8b5707d888ac08a75e25b67059c6  ./Ubuntu/xubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso
>> 5eaf65ba12f74b6c5b912cce2dae1762  ./Ubuntu/xubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso
>> 
>> d050e2d6ca2351af40a9ff5ff908cbb2
>> ./wikipedia/enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kawalya Davis
> Programmes Manager
> Donald IT Solutions Ltd
> 
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