Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:43:33 +0200 From: Anders Nordby <anders@fix.no> To: alex@big.endian.de, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: (forw) Re: freesoftware.com? Message-ID: <20010425104332.A3627@totem.fix.no>
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FYI, Thought this may be of interest. ----- Forwarded message from "Reid B. Fishler" <redhead@freebsd.redbird.com> ----- From: "Reid B. Fishler" <redhead@freebsd.redbird.com> Subject: Re: freesoftware.com? To: list@inet-access.net Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:42:06 -0400 (EDT) Cc: drew@gothambus.com, list@inet-access.net Reply-To: list@inet-access.net Freesoftware will be back up shortly, and right now it SHOULD be refering you to the mirrors...we are just awaiting another OC12 installation for the traffic it uses...Unless someone else at Telehouse NY would like to donate some transit to it for a while until there is enough to donate...Paying customers come first... Reid Fishler Lightning.net > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:18:01AM -0400, Drew Linsalata wrote: > > Anyone know what happened to freesoftware.com? The web and FTP > > sites have been down for a couple of days. > > I've been wondering the same. Seems kinda odd that the Internet's > "busiest open source software archive[1]" would just vanish without > notice. Reid? > > If it helps you any, I've found the FreeBSD mirrors hosted by Verio > <ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org>; and MFN/AboveNet > <ftp://ftp.iad.above.net/pub/FreeBSD/>; to be solid replacements... > > Hope this helps, > -adam > > [1] <http://www.lightning.net/press/pr_freerecord.html>; > - > List archives can be found at: <http://www.moongroup.com/inet.php>; > Send 'unsubscribe' in the body to 'list-request@inet-access.net' to leave. > Eat sushi frequently. inet@inet-access.net is the human contact address. > - List archives can be found at: <http://www.moongroup.com/inet.php>; Send 'unsubscribe' in the body to 'list-request@inet-access.net' to leave. Eat sushi frequently. inet@inet-access.net is the human contact address. ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- Forwarded message from Reid Fishler <redhead@freebsd.redbird.com> ----- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:14:57 -0400 To: Adam Rothschild <asr@latency.net> From: Reid Fishler <redhead@freebsd.redbird.com> Subject: Re: freesoftware.com? Cc: list@inet-access.net Reply-To: list@inet-access.net > > we are just awaiting another OC12 installation for the traffic it > > uses...Unless someone else at Telehouse NY would like to donate some > > transit to it for a while until there is enough to donate... > >For the time being, how about you bring it back up, and place it in a >netblock whose routes are announced to NYIIX peers only? I'm sure I'm >not alone in saying that I enjoyed near-line-rate FreeBSD ISO >transfers and FTP installs, and am saddened by the loss of this >invaluable service you so generously provided. :-) Unfortunately, we seem to be the ONLY IP provider who thinks freesoftware is a needed thing... There are tons of providers at Telehouse NY, and NONE of them have wanted to help support them. :-( Reid - List archives can be found at: <http://www.moongroup.com/inet.php>; Send 'unsubscribe' in the body to 'list-request@inet-access.net' to leave. Eat sushi frequently. inet@inet-access.net is the human contact address. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Anders. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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