Aussie download mirrors (was: Re: New Page Idea)

[Alan Harper]

On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 15:29 +0930, TigerWolf - wrote:
> Internode is on pipe - you can use the internode mirror for free data
> (but internode dont give out free pipe data sadly)
> It would be usefull to make it the
Last I checked Internode doesn't allow access from other ISPs
> 
> On 10/20/06, Alan Harper <alan at aussiegeek.net> wrote:
>         > On a related note, the very first thing I do after having
>         installed ubuntu, is
>         > edit sources.list to point to my local (internode) mirrored
>         source so that
>         > any updating doesn't eat in to my download quota. 
>         >
>         > Is it all feasible to make this automatic for aussie users.
>         i.e. After
>         > installing, sources.list points to your isp's mirror if it
>         has one for
>         > ubuntu.
>         >
>         Its not always going to be that clear, I'm with Westnet for
>         example, 
>         there mirror sucks, but I get free PIPE access in my state,
>         and because
>         of that I get free access to mirror.pacific.net.au or
>         ftp.iinet.com.au
>         
>         I had to use tracepath to workout what was free
>         
>         
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