fc3 dl

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Tue Feb 8 11:14:53 EST 2005


Sorry, Sina! I don't know why I thought you were in Europe.

North Carolina is A-OK by me! <grin>

Are you in Charlotte? At the U of NC? As I recall they have very broad
pipes, ATM based. But, my information is several years old. They might
even be doing Internet2 by now.

Sina Bahram writes:
> Hi Janina,
> 
> One problem with that. I'm in North Carolina ... Kind of puts a damper on my
> ability to get a mirror in europe *grin* ... Although, I think I might be
> able to get one in Australiaa; however, that would be up to a friend of
> mine, and not me.
> 
> However, if the university approves this: the bandwidth shouldn't be a
> problem ... I have yet to find a way to max out any connection. Since it
> will be a known public mirror; however, then they might decide to put a bit
> of a cap on it. Hopefully, that will be a per user, and not general cap.
> 
> On the other hand ... A bit taurant might work out super well. If even 10 of
> us cable and dsl folks contribute ... We'd have more than server type
> speeds.
> 
> Take care,
> Sina
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:52 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: fc3 dl
> 
> Hi, Sina:
> 
> I think a mirror in Europe would be a very useful thing.
> 
> The act of mirroring is quite simple and shouldn't really require special
> software. I should think a weekly rsync would suffice.
> 
> But, I should explain my thinking. I would not suggest mirroring cvs, as I
> don't see the point of trying to do that. Rather, it's the very large
> downloads, the Speakup Modified for example, that requires mirroring on
> servers that enjoy very broad pipes to the Internet. A quick check suggests
> the disk space needed is around 20 gb. But, the most important number is the
> download bandwidth available.
> 
> Sina Bahram writes:
> > Hi Janina,
> > 
> > If someone would be able to help me out with some mirroring software 
> > ... I could offer to my university to run a mirror for speakup? Would 
> > you guys like me to inquire about this?
> > 
> > Take care,
> > Sina
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> > On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:30 AM
> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> > Subject: Re: fc3 dl
> > 
> > Juan Hernandez writes:
> > > 
> > > What happend to linux-speakup.org? It used to be fast.
> > > thanks
> > 
> > 
> > The campus police put up a speed limit.
> > 
> > No kidding.
> > >  
> > >  
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> > Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> > 
> > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
> > janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org
> > 
> > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
> > 
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> Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> 
> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
> janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org
> 
> If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
> 
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org

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