The qa_upgrade instructions recommend choosing a mirror near the user. This does not necessarily result in a quicker download. I have an account at a server on the other side of my Continent. It is slow as a snail, far slower than international. I am told that my path to it is over landline, not via satellite, and the available bitrate is lower. The present Government is committed to installing an optical fibre network, but has a tenuous hold on power, and the Opposition is against it on principle, not only as the Opposition. I currently run ADSL2+
Doug.
