[Sysops-list] Re: [NepaLinux-users] Is fiesty Fawn images available in Nepalese servers.

[Manoj Rajkarnikar]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Bipin Gautam wrote:

> On 4/21/07, Manish Regmi <regmi.manish at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >  Is fiesty Fawn images available in Nepalese servers? Its really pain
> > in ass to download from servers outside Nepal :(
> > what about http://opensource.wlink.com.np
> >
> >
> http://opensource.wlink.com.np     have never worked for me (except
> from worldlink connection). we still have strict QoS enforced in ISP
> end as we'd have for internet traffic going outside NPIX. The link
> speed for cross communication between ISP's still suckz.
> 
> is that a technical problem, REALLY? or ignorance? or rather...
> political? to mantain a monopolist advantage???
> 
> thanks,
> -bipin

I've tested the transfer from vianet and there seems to be no problems 
at all.

[root at home ~]# lwp-download 
http://opensource.wlink.com.np/centos/4.4/CentOS-4.4-i386-LiveCD.iso
Saving to 'CentOS-4.4-i386-LiveCD.iso'...
8.56 MB of 689 MB received in 11 seconds (797 KB/sec)

could you please specify which other ISP link you've tried that didn't 
provide a good enough transfer rate.

-- 
Manoj Rajkarnikar 

Systems Department 
Vianet Communications Pvt Ltd
Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. 
(PH)977-1-5546410