-----Original Message----- From: Andy Linton [mailto:asjl(a)citylink.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 12:10 p.m. To: nznog Subject: Re: [nznog] linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz If you can all just hold out for a few weeks we'll have a copy of the Debian mirror in Auckland available on "APE and WIX only" addresses. Then it's your call to get to one or more of those locations to pick the content up. As a heavy consumer of the Debian archive we bring it into NZ for our own use and we choose to make it available where the cost to us is zero or close to it. I'm kind of interested in the postings on this list carping about how we should do more to make this available. I think we're doing our bit on this - we're paying to bring the content into NZ and we're going to pay to ship it to Auckland as well. We think that you should be either be arranging to peer at the exchanges (and there are advantages at peering at both) or demanding that your favourite telco gets their act together and does it on your behalf. If they won't then move to an ISP who will and let both your old and new provider know that's why you've moved. As we've said before we're happy to provide address space in the APE only, WIX only and "APE and WIX" only ranges to those with content where the producer is willing to forego global or even national reach for a better price. If you've got such content and are willing to accept these restrictions on reachability talk to us. We're already working with others to provide other content like this and will work on it as we and they have spare cycles. Please bear in mind that the alternatives are paying for international traffic. _______________________________________________ What is amusing me even more, is that the subject of this whole thread linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz _is_ currently serving up an updated debian archive amongst others, that should be reachable NZ wide. If people are finding they can't reach this from a NZ address can they let me know so I can look at the firewall ruleset and update as necessary.