On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > I've just been playing with the mirror to see how fast it is. You > *must* remember to set passive off or the connection will drop without > any explanation. > > I also saw regular connection refused although a few retries usually > does succeed in a connection. After that, I saw a transfer rate of > about 175KBs to my home cable modem connection. FWIW, AOL blocks pings > to the server, but a ping to their router averages about 45ms - pretty > darn decent!
This reply is not to Ed per see, but the thread. I work at a place that recently got rid of a burstable T-3. When I downloaded the limbo iso's, they came in at under 5 minutes for each iso. IIRC it was from the AOL mirrors. That truly was awe inspiring.
