On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Matthew Poole wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Matthew Poole wrote:
A number of people are reporting difficulties accessing the Debian mirror at ftp.citylink.
FTPing in from IHUG or Max (and apparently from Xtra, and I'd guess anyone else who transits via GGI) gets the following message: *SNIP*
On further contemplation, I realised that this almost certainly isn't anything to do with IHUG - Though I don't know what MaxNet's excuse is. Since I'm using Jetstream Surf, my bandwidth is provided by Telecom, subjecting me to their routing games.
Nobody is announcing 202.7.4.0/24 at APE, which may have something to do with it. We don't peer at WIX (no POP there), so we can't see the route that way.
Which is doubly frustrating, since it means that nobody who wants anything faster than a 128k connection in the vast majority of the country has any chance to use peered traffic - Cable=Paradise=TelstraClear, and Jetstream fullrate or Jetstream Surf=Telecom. And those of us living in locations where there is a choice won't even be saved by the arrival of Bitstream, since Mr Webb's wisdom doesn't require it to be provided in locations with existing competition.
I think you'll find you're wrong on that last part, but in general, the lack of decent connectivity for FastIP Direct provisioned customers is a concern. aj. -- Network Operations || noc. +64.9.915.1825 Maxnet || cell. +64.21.639.706