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Date:      Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:27:06 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Restricting Users Geographically
Message-ID:  <20020107222706.GC1093@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGCEBODHAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>
References:  <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGCEBODHAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>

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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 04:09:04PM -0600, Scott Gerhardt wrote:
> 
> 
> Actually location of origin isn't as important as # of hops and ping times.
> 
> If everyone used the mirrors closest to them in terms of routing (least
> number of hops) then the overall traffic on the internet would be less and
> performance would be improved as a whole.
> 
> 	- Scott

Also measurably interesting is the time of day. If you live in Western
Europe for example 6-9 a.m is a good time for downloads if you need 
something from a site in the US, because that is the quietest time on
the internet as a whole.
-- 
Regards
Cliff



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