From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 8 7: 0:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from infiniteloop.ca (infiniteloop.ca [216.126.86.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C422037B416 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:00:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by infiniteloop.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFE1623A; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:00:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from blake (CPE0050da7c7e5d.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.101.32.246]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by infiniteloop.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25882236; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:00:47 -0500 (EST) From: "Blake Crosby" To: "Tom Samplonius" Cc: , Subject: RE: Restricting Users Geographically Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:00:46 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20010714 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org True.. I don't have a problem with Americans visiting the site. I have a problem with Japan being the 4th active country (.ca,.com, .net [in that order), Germany being the 5th and the UK being the 6th. Currently, my policy is the following: if you are NOT .ca .com .net .org. .edu, you can't access the mirror. Granted that doesn't restrict everyone.. it does, however, restrict users who I know with 99% certainty they aren't in Canada. Blake. > I live in Canada, and I don't necessarily agree with that. Canada and > the US are part of the same continent, and most of the Canadian population > is near the border. > > For instance, you are located in Toronto, and I'm in Vancouver. For > someone in Vancouver, 9 times out of 10, a site in California is going to > be faster than anything in Toronto. It is geographically wise and network > wise, closer than Toronto. > > The FreeBSD cvsup mirror in Canada is a good example. It is pretty > slow from Vancouver. I'd like to setup another FreeBSD cvsup mirror in > Vancouver, Canada, because it would be good for everyone on the west > coast. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message