Downloading from ftp.kernel.org (was Re: [Nolug] Cox slow?)

It's really slow...

ncftp /pub/linux/kernel/v2.6 > get linux-2.6.26.5.tar.bz2
linux-2.6.26.5.tar.bz2: ETA: 5:51 15.45/ 47.16 MB 92.46 kB/s

On 09/11/08 19:43, Charles Jouglard wrote:
> Good Evening,
>
> Sorry you guys are having issues. I cannot currently replicate the same
> conditions. Do any of you guys have a more reliable example? From my
> experience Yahoo sites are not a reliable ping or traceroute destination, as
> everyone in the world seems to use them....
>
> Please provide me more details and I will dig deeper. In the mean time I am
> digging into our backbone routers just in case.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Charles Jouglard
> 504-417-3627
>
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>
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:11:19 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> It looks like cox has a breakdown going on between #4 and #5 below...
> This is unbearable. Maybe I should go dust off a modem. lol
>
>
> traceroute to www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net (69.147.76.15), 64 hops max, 40
> byte packets
> 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.055 ms 0.808 ms 0.738 ms
> 2 10.127.104.1 (10.127.104.1) 7.478 ms 7.876 ms 16.232 ms
> 3 68.11.13.69 (68.11.13.69) 10.213 ms 20.272 ms 9.983 ms
> 4 * 68.11.14.37 (68.11.14.37) 9.662 ms 11.040 ms
> 5 * ashbbbrj01-as0.r2.as.cox.net (68.1.1.223) 82.856 ms *
> 6 ae1-p141.msr1.re1.yahoo.com (216.115.108.19) 77.877 ms
> ae2-p151.msr2.re1.yahoo.com (216.115.108.63) 76.473 ms
> ae1-p141.msr1.re1.yahoo.com (216.115.108.19) 76.954 ms
> 7 ge-1-41.bas-a2.re3.yahoo.com (66.196.112.201) 90.209 ms
> ge-1-44.bas-a2.re3.yahoo.com (66.196.112.207) 77.224 ms
> ge-1-43.bas-a2.re3.yahoo.com (66.196.112.205) 81.460 ms
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Scott Amerland <n5zow@amerland.net> wrote:
>> Yes its slow..... SLow as molasses on a cold winter morning......
>>
>>
>> Scott.....
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jones" <techmaster@gmail.com>
>> To: <nolug@nolug.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:00 PM
>> Subject: [Nolug] Cox slow?
>>
>>
>>> Is anybody else having speed issues with Cox tonight? I'm downloading
>>> at 18KB/sec right now....on the fastest connection cox offers. WTF???

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