Israeli Mageia Linux Mirror

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Oct 28, 2011, at 7:13 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:

Shlomi,
>
> Well, I know that I can download from http://mirror.isoc.org.il/ in  
> the full
> download speed, and that I can also download more quickly by opening  
> several
> connections (using https://sourceforge.net/projects/prozilla/ ). So  
> it seems a
> bit suspicious.

No, it's how various ISP's do traffic shaping. For example, 012 has a  
magic limit, over which they can not control things, so if you open  
enough connections it will equal full line speed. If you only open 2  
or 3 it will total the limited speed they want you to have.

It's part of net neutrality, that everyone gets their "fair share" of  
what they are paying for. Luckily, IMHO Israeli ISPs are not 100%  
neutral, they allow you to pay a small monthly fee and get better  
performance than people who don't.

A friend of mine is in the private network business and he sells  
10mbit up/down dedicated bandwith to the US connections. They go for  
about $10,000 a month (yes, that is dollars).



> I also recall that download speed from abroad was better about two  
> years ago.

That's because ALL internet connections from North Africa to the Gulf  
of Arabia, use fiber optic cables across the bottom of the  
Mediterranean Sea, and about two years ago several were cut. I think  
they have been since repaired, but the richer customers of the cable  
companies get better service than we do. :-(

Also things have changed here, two years ago a 5mbit connection was  
high priced rarity, and now 15mbit NGN (fiber to near your home) and  
12mbit cable connections are common.

> Well, I need to do things when I need to do them, and need to  
> download stuff
> throughout my computer working day. And when I do, it tend to sucks.


Yes, I expect it does. If you can't get an official mirror, maybe you  
could create your own. Off hour bandwith is cheap, and so is disk  
space. After all there is no guarantee that an Israel mirror would  
update during peak time, and it's very likely it won't.

Geoff.
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