On Wednesday 29 April 2009 21:05:13 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Hmm. Most mirrors I sync against don't have such policy, and some even > explicitly state in their MOTD that there's no limit to how often you > can sync. I'm using rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage. > > I guess they all have flatrate bandwidth or bandwidth is cheap in Europe :P
Well, as an example: The cheapest and nastiest DSL offering in Germany is better bandwidth and better cap (if any) than the most expensive service I can offer customers (my employer is the biggest in the country and gets better rates on bulk bandwidth). Plus, the Germans pay a tiny fraction of the price we have to charge. So in some places on the planet, bandwidth is a HUGE factor. In other places it isn't :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
