[Ilugc] Suggestions for software in IITM mirror
- From: akumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kumar Appaiah)
- Date: Fri Sep 8 15:18:36 2006
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 03:10:39PM +0530, Raja Subramanian wrote:
On 9/8/06, Kumar Appaiah <akumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As many are already aware, IIT Madras' ftp.iitm.ac.in is a mirror for
quite a lot of free software.
The utility of a mirror depends primarily on the access speed to
end users. I tried ftp.iitm.ac.in ~3 years ago and found it slower
than mirror.aarnet.edu.au. I'm was and still am using an Airtel
DSL connection from Chennai. Has connectivity/bandwidth improved
recently?
Yes. Recently, there have been major infrastructure upgrades in IITM,
which have brought a perceptible speedup to IITM sites/server. Also,
usage statistics (available only in campus) indicate that
international traffic is more than Indian traffic. So, it should now
be a better choice as a mirror (I think).
Kumar
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