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Date:      Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:17:20 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG, ttc-technik@liwing.de
Subject:   Re: optimze fetch-locations
Message-ID:  <3D04DF20.2104FA51@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <3D0497B9.8D236712@liwing.de>

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Jens Rehsack wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> sitting here during a system-update and watching source tarball
> download I got an idea:
> 
> What about a database where a source tarball (+gz, +bz2) is located,
> and depending on local ip / routing information download it from
> the nearest server.

The only way to do that (semi-)reliably is with a professional service
like akamai, which is big bucks.

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