On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Daniel J. Luke <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm interested in what unique network situation causes the rtt test to be > an unreliable indicator of which mirror to choose. I have a feeling you misunderstood that. Everyone has a unique situation which can include broken local stuff (I have to go through a local network not under my control that likes to have 80% loss on "ping" at various times of the day, all incurred locally), consumer level providers that might interfere in various ways (see e.g. the Comcast situation in the US), etc. The Comcast thing is especially enlightening, as they claim to have the right to throttle connections unless *both ends* pay them extra. (The FCC disagrees. Congress, being Congress, thinks that what would have once been called "extortion" is a splendid business plan indeed.) -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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