[wellylug] Interesting Ubuntu mirror routing for Telstra cable customers

[Mark Foster]

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009, Peter Lambrechtsen wrote:

> On 1/11/2009, at 10:28 AM, Callum Grant <callum.el.grant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes I found this aswell, but my suspicion was that citylink were just
>> being stingy about bandwidth.
>>
>> We could start a petition for an ubuntu mirror:)
>
> It's more likely Telstra refusing to peer with citylink unless they
> get paid for it. Like the madness that was trademe used to go via the
> us for Wgtn tcl cable customers. Since strangely enough cusomers
> wouldn't expect to get charged traffic for such local peering.. But
> tcl's gotta get paid!
>
> If you want to petion anyone it should be tcl.. And better yet ask for
> it to be free traffic.
>
> But they make Tui billboards about these sorts of things.
>

+1.

(Yes, hardly constructive, but very true.  In the meantime I guess I'll 
set up the Ihug repo.)