On 7/23/17, Long Wind <longwind2...@gmail.com> wrote: > china upgrade firewall > > i change to ftp.cn.debian.org, it's very quick > > it's china's government > it's president xi
That's good you were able to fix it. A country's government interfering actually did cross my mind. We're an international list here. We never know what kind of "censorship" or other interference, e.g. even eavesdropping, that our fellow list members might be experiencing at any given moment. Am writing now to add on something else that also crossed my mind last night. In my case, I've poked around in not one but two vpn (virtual private network) [concepts] on my newest setup. I started tinkering a little with those about a week ago and am *pretty sure* I've disabled them, but I won't swear to it, grin. *In my case*, the browser based vpn VERY MUCH slowed things down immediately. It was so slow that I toggled it right back off, but things haven't felt 100% back at the previous state ever since. Anyway, just throwing VPNs out there, both browser based and stand alone software, as another conscious point to check off one's Internet speed debug checklist if anyone happens to come across this thread in the archives. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *