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Offline LKJ

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Best Mirrors for U.S.?
« on: September 29, 2011, 09:29:12 AM »
I was wondering which mirrors people are using in the U.S.. Even after running Update Package Sources List and trying to use the mirrors that are suppose to be the fastest I get iffy results. And for some reason different spins of PCLOS download at very different rates using the same repo.

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Re: Best Mirrors for U.S.?
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2011, 07:25:28 PM »
I've found the PASS (Premium Access System Server) consistently provides the best bandwidth..   I always get at least 800 Kb/s on downloads. (I could probably get more but 800 Kb/s is the maximum throughput of my DSL service).  :)



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Re: Best Mirrors for U.S.?
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2011, 09:26:30 PM »
I was wondering which mirrors people are using in the U.S.. Even after running Update Package Sources List and trying to use the mirrors that are suppose to be the fastest I get iffy results. And for some reason different spins of PCLOS download at very different rates using the same repo.

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Since the download speeds are dependent on the network it is NO surprise that you can get very different speeds, even if you were to download the same file twice in a row.  Find a repo that is constant with it's synchronization and be happy, or like it was mentioned get a pass account.




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Re: Best Mirrors for U.S.?
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2011, 11:14:50 PM »
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Re: Best Mirrors for U.S.?
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 12:40:41 PM »
PASS works very well for me.  AFter that I always try to find a repo at an American University, as they typically have screaming fast pipes.