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Date:      Mon, 15 May 2006 23:47:50 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Has the port collection become to large to handle.
Message-ID:  <17513.19302.117093.885684@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060515203832.W4690@tripel.monochrome.org>
References:  <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEBNHHAA.fbsd@a1poweruser.com> <20060515203832.W4690@tripel.monochrome.org>

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Chris Hill writes:

>  IMHO, your gripes are misdirected - complain to your ISP about
>  the speed and reliability of your service. This should NOT take
>  two hours. It could also be a matter of using the wrong server
>  for your time and place.

	A data point:
	I just pulled a fresh copy of the tree into virgin space.
	Time (as reported by cvsup) : 46m42s
	Size (as reported by du) : 301.2 mbytes
	The mirror is 6 hops out, and located at M.I.T..  (Almost next
		door.) 
	My connection is 7 megabit cable.


					Robert Huff



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