Mitchell Baker wrote: > > Mozilla.org has been investigating the large number > of reports problems associated with attempts at downloading the > most recent 0.9.9 milestone release. > > Early investigation points to a large increase in the traffic > and demand for this release. To date it appears that > approximately 135,000 downloads have been > successfully completed, plus additional as yet > uncounted downloads of localizations, stub installers and source code. > We are uncertain about the additional download requests > that we haven't been able to support. > > We are looking at options for quickly increasing ftp download capacity. > AOL/TW has volunteered to provide additional network and ftp services > to accommodate this unprecedented user demand. We are hoping to have > additional resources in place very soon, hopefully later today. Please > bear with us and be patient until we finalize a plan and get this extra > capacity on-line. We'll post additional details once they have been > finalized. > > Mozilla.org thanks AOL/TW for its generous response. > > Mitchell >
General FYI on this, if you're in the UK, www.mirror.ac.uk has a good up to date mirror of ftp.mozilla.org David
