[H-GEN] Bigpond and the Sourceforge mirror on AARNET

[Jared Norris]

On 3 June 2011 22:13, Clarissa Womack <clarissa.womack at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I  have been downloading programs/utilities from the Sourceforge mirror on
> AARNET because I thought that there would be no download quota as Bigpond
> supports unmetered content from the AARNET mirror.
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Last download period, a couple of weeks ago, I went over my family download
> quota as I was installing and trying linux distros in Vmware but I didn’t
> realise about the Sourceforge connection. I am now at 84% percent as I
> downloaded UberStudent  and a few other programs from Sourceforge but I made
> sure it was the AARNET mirror.
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> I contacted Bigpond last week but still no reply from them despite them
> saying they would contact me in 1-2 days time!!!
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> Please note that Bigpond Files does not exist anymore.
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> I contacted the AARNET mirror about 3 weeks ago about hosting 10.04 LTS
> support for PPC and now Ubuntu-ports in now on their server!!! This means
> that PPC updates and isos can be downloaded from AARNET.
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> However, I cannot seem to add AARNET as the server for PPC Ubuntu either
> automatically or manually. Can anyone offer assistance?
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> However, Debian isos have been removed from AARNET some time ago due to
> lack of downloads. I guess I will download Debian at HUMBUG.
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> Thanking you
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> Clarissa Womack
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Clarissa,

There is a wiki page that might help at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/LocalAptMirrors It not only has
information on how to change your repository details but it also has a long
list of other local repositories that might be useful to others as some
other ISPs also have unmetered mirrors and some just have mirrors that are
metered but might be quicker. Let me know if you still aren't having any
luck.


Regards,

Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
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