Is there any way to speed up apt-get ?

[Justin Mason]

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Bob Nielsen writes:
> Not only does the US lag a bit in internet speed, the costs here tend to 
> be somewhat higher than in many other countries.  It is changing, but 
> slowly.
> 
> When I was in France (Roubaix) last year, I noticed that there were many
> more internet cafés than I have seen in the U.S.  I suppose that is
> somewhat a reflection of the lower computer/people ratio there.  It was
> nice to have them available for email, etc., but if I could have found
> one which supported SSH, that would have been better, as I could have
> connected back into my home system rather than use Yahoo (someone
> suggested I load puTTy on a USB stick and carry it with me). 

wow, this is getting OT ;)   but a quick google for "putty download"
generally does the trick when I'm in an internet cafe.   Mind you, I would
be concerned about keyloggers; I'd use either external webmail or a
mail-only login for my account (same UID, same home dir, but /bin/false as
the shell) to avoid the danger of bad guys getting commandline access.

BTW it is odd that the US has so few net cafes; even Laos had a higher
number, in my experience.   However, areas with high immigrant populations
now have quite a few of them, as far as I can see.  I guess this is one
of those accidents of the market, like SMS use inside vs outside the US.

- --j.
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