On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 13:24 +0100, Chris Oattes wrote: > It is generally a Bad Idea to start downloading it before it is > officially announced. They put the isos on the main mirrors so that the > other mirrors around the world can start downloading them. If you start > downloading before the announcement, it takes longer for the necessary > number of mirrors to get a copy because you steal their bandwidth, and > therefore delay the release announcement.
While you are exactly right, and the bandwidth you get to ubuntu machines -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
