From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 15:31:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50661106567A for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58668FC23 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:31:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so3258074bwz.3 for ; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:31:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.6.70 with SMTP id 6mr4033744bky.6.1268148668767; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:31:08 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.203.35.66] In-Reply-To: <685ef0201003090658n6c3d2529l38e347016e40b132@mail.gmail.com> References: <685ef0201003090658n6c3d2529l38e347016e40b132@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:31:08 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Emmanuel Opio Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloading issue! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:31:10 -0000 On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Emmanuel Opio wrote: > Am studying at a University in E. Africa but the problem is that our > server administrators blocked "ftp" and filtered out images, so we can not > download any image file, the most common extension for operating systems. They're obviously having bandwidth problems. How about asking them nicely to fetch the ISOs once to their central server, and let students download them from there as often as they like? I've worked in multiple University IT departments, and we've never turned down a reasonable request like this, even when bandwidth was severely limited and quotas were in place. They probably won't either at your U. Maybe asking via a C.S. professor would have even more effect. ;-) > Emmanuel Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/