Australian repository gone AWOL?

[Dave Hall]

On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 13:30 +1000, Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:08:08 +1000
> Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know what's happened to au.archive.ubuntu.com? I'm getting
> > connection refused errors when I try to update...
> 
> The Optus mirror is down: from a reply I got ( Optus "support" )
> 
> <quote> I can confirm that the server has been pulled offline at present
> for emergency maintenance. We hope this problem will be resolved and the
> service will be back online soon. Hopefully this will be completed in the
> next few days.
> </quote>
> 
> Apparently Optus don't bother to have backup/ failover servers in place
> for this kind of thing...

Maybe some complaints emails sent to optus and sf.net might get the boot
applied to the right part of Optus' anatomy.  My understanding is that
the optus sf.net mirror is the default for quite a large part of the
Asia Pacific region.  I don't think sf.net would be too impressed with
the situation.

I know Optus "donates" these services, but for them it is purely a
marketing exercise.  They don't do it as some deep philosophical
statement of support for FLOSS.  

Cheers

Dave