Am 25.08.2009 um 23:16 schrieb Lanny Marcus:
>
> Hi Johnny and thank you for asking for feedback. I am in Cali,
> Colombia, South America.
> Our route to Brazil, for one of many examples, would be via Miami/Ft.
> Lauderdale, Florida, USA. So, for us, in Colombia, it is much better
> to have a Mirror site in South Florida or the S.E. USA, if possible;
> since I do not believe there is one in Colombia. The fact that
> Colombia is adjacent to Panama, Brazil, Venezuela, etc., would make a
> Mirror in one of those countries faster, *if* we had a direct route on
> the Internet to them, but, we don't. I suspect for most countries in
> Latin America, this would be the same, since Latin America is so
> strongly connected to Miami, "the capital" of Latin America. Lanny
> _______________________________________________
Though off-topic, I find this interesting.
Don't you in South America have some sort of high-speed network
connecting the various universities there?
Don't you have peering-points somewhere?
Sorry for hijacking this thread...
Rainer
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