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  From: Simon Hackett <simon@internode.com.au>
  To  : Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
        Martin de Koning <m1d2k3@camtech.net.au>
  Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 17:40:36 +0930

Re: 'Local Access' downloading accounts

At 4:50 PM +0930 28/4/01, Andrew Reid wrote:
>On 28 Apr 2001 16:33:47 +0930, Martin de Koning wrote:
>
>  > E.g. mirrors of Aarnet, tucows, etc..
>
>AARNet is hundreds of Gigabytes. The hardware required to host it
>combined with the bandwidth required to keep it up to date would make it
>financially unworthwhile.

Although not impossible; I'm actually hopeful of being able to wind 
up peering into AARnet nationally (i.e to peer it across to SAIX 
and/or just to Internode). Don' t know how likely that is.

By the way, we (Internode) already peer the SA part of AARnet 
(SAARDnet) into SAIX at our expense. That much I've already managed. 
Call me a good samaritan :) Unfortunately that doesn't include access 
to the AARNet mirror server(s), which aren't in SA.

Simon

>TUCOWS is mirrored by a SAIX connected ISP, I believe.
>
>  > Or have it as an option to existing accounts. That would simplify 
>traffic accounting, while allowing people to get their ISOs etc. 
>without breaking their wallets..
>
>We've discussed this at length before. Who pays for the initial download
>of the ISO? It costs Internode money in the first place. I daresay the
>only way that could be recovered would be to increase charges.
>
>    - andrew
>
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>Andrew Reid                   email: andrew.reid@plug.cx
>                               www:   http://www.plug.cx
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>  why aren't there more
>  happy people?"


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