There is small program that helps you determine the closest mirror:

https://github.com/lukensmall/pkg_ping


I also wrote poor's man script to achieve the same:

https://github.com/kmonticolo/OpenBSD/blob/master/testmirrors.sh



Kamil

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Od: owner-m...@openbsd.org <owner-m...@openbsd.org> w imieniu użytkownika Janne 
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Wysłane: wtorek, 8 stycznia 2019 15:08:44
Do: Mihai Popescu
DW: Misc
Temat: Re: mirror download speed variation

Den tis 8 jan. 2019 kl 14:26 skrev Mihai Popescu <mih...@gmail.com>:

> So, I still have two questions about mirrors:
> Can a mirror limit your download speed ?

Sure they could, I don't think many do though.

> Do a CDN url point to an existing mirror, or is it a diffeent server?

Different servers, spread around the world and you get a dns response
that is trying to be
close to you.

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