Hi :) Weird. I assumed it was all done by satellites and that was why the connection to the outside world had such limited bandwidth and was so slow.
I remember a few years ago a ship in the meditteranean accidentally ripped up THE single cable connecting Asia to the rest of the world! or least the middle-east(ish) part of Asia. Tons of people were having serious problems with speed chess (less than 5min for an entire game). Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 24/7/12, Anthony Easthope <[email protected]> wrote: From: Anthony Easthope <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012, 10:38 I was doing some reading about New Zealand's connection to the world and it turns out we down under tap into some underwater fiber cable and that the Government for some reason hires it from the US government, anyway somewhere in the agreement it mentions that NZ can't exceed a ceartin limit otherwise it would cook the service or something like that, anyway I am writing this in a hurry as some one else wants the Mac so ill see if i can post the link at a later date! On Sun, 22 Jul 2012, at 02:06 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi again (sorry for the double-posting) :) > > The issue about New Zealand's connection to the rest of the world cropped > up years ago in Ubuntu. I think either Universities there or the > authorities or someone ran a big hosting site to mirror "the essentials" > and somehow Ubuntu managed to get mirrored on that. Server-to-server > 'up'-loading (or is it downloading or cross-loading?) should be far > faster than going through a domestic route! > > I think the Ubuntu crowd discussed posting physical media to get the bulk > done more easily. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Sat, 21/7/12, webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 21 July, 2012, 23:18 > > > DO you have a broadband Internet connection? The .iso file is listed > here. > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.5 > If you do not have broadband connection, there should be a way for you to > get a copy from some source. I have shipped one to Malta from the USA, > but do not like to spend my own money on shipping, most of the time. > > ---------- > > Here is a link to the Online version of the DVD. [actually to the Install > page] > http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/install.html > > Browse this site and you will find all of the files and such on the DVD. > The online site tends to get updated more often than the physical media > or the .iso file does, but still it will give you a look at the DVD. > > Right now, the only real updates to the online version [same as the > physical one really] is the fact that there are 2 more chapters in Draw > online than the one that can be bought or the .iso file to be downloaded. > > Mostly there are the documentation, the 180+ dictionaries, the > extensions, templates, artwork, the extra free packages, etc., etc.. I > did not fee that a DVD should contain only the basic install files for > LibreOffice. That would be a waste of a DVD. So it got filled with a lot > of things that I [and others] thought a user might want to have with > him/her on a DVD so that they did not have to go looking for it > elsewhere. I must have 99% of the dictionaries that can work with > LibreOffice, unless you get them via any language packages, like you need > for a Linux install. > > <http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.5> > On 07/21/2012 05:44 PM, Anthony Easthope wrote: > > I am curious as to what the 2gb of extras contain! I am considering > > purchasing a dvd but not sure if it is able to be shipped to New Zealand > > if it could that would be great! > > > > On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, at 04:07 AM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > >> On 07/20/2012 10:08 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > >>> Thanks to Drew, we now have a service that will "print-on-demand" a > >>> copy of the LibreOffice North American Community DVD - version 3.5.5. > >>> > >>> Here is a link for a direct retail page: > >>> http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00B1FF2L > >>> **Kunaki handles all the payment collection.** > >>> > >> [...] > >> > >> Well done, Drew! I had been researching manufacturers, this is the same > >> used by Raphael Hertzog to distribute his Debian remix: > >> http://raphaelhertzog.com/products/debian-cd-dvd/ > >> > >> I had that in my personal ToDo for a while > >> (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:MagicFab/LibODVD#ToDo), glad > >> you're validating it. If/when you have a sample of what they ship, it'd > >> be important to have pictures. I'll order one to carry it and use as a > >> demo. I plan to finish my local design and use the same ship by > >> september. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Fabian Rodriguez > >> http://libreoffice.magicfab.ca > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: > >> [email protected] > >> Problems? > >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >> deleted > >> > > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: > [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
