Is there any way to speed up apt-get ?

[Adam Membrey]

s.roman wrote:

>Vincent, did you say you can get 20mbps ADSL? That doesn't sound
>right... I don't believe ADSL can even go that fast. I'm pretty sure
>the max is around 8mbps, and you said you could only get max speeds of
>15kbps when downloading x-plane? Did you try anything else, or like a
>speed test? It just sounds a bit fishy of how you can get 1mbps for 20
>euros/month, and 20mbps 30 euros/month. There's too much of a
>discrepancy. It really does seem unlikely that France would have such
>fast speeds for such a cheap price. Technology wouldn't differ in cost
>that much between countries. Hell, US is the cheapest country I know
>for technology products and hardware. Every other country I've been to
>has higher prices when converted to USD and usually people don't
>receive anywhere near the amount of money people in US do. I remember
>in Russia a Geforce 5700 Ultra cost around 300 dollars, about 6 months
>ago.
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>Broadband is getting much cheaper in New York City. Right now I'm
>getting 3mbps/768kbps from Verizon for 30 bucks a month. Many people
>here have roadrunner cable which I think offers 5mbps downstream
>bandwidth, at a similar price, but of course you have to have cable
>too and pay for that in addition.
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>And adam, I was wondering how much you pay for that 10mbit/1mbit
>connection in the suburbs? The connection speed isn't the limiting
>factor in my household, it's the price :). Technically I'm pretty sure
>we can get 10mbit line from Verizon for more money. Hell, you could
>get a 100mbit line, but only for huge magnitudes of cash piles haha.
>
>Roman
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>On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:41:35 -0800, Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> wrote:
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>>On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 06:42:28PM +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
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>>>>Not only does the US lag a bit in internet speed, the costs here tend to
>>>>be somewhat higher than in many other countries.
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>>>Hmmmm, how much costs 1Mbps in the states ?
>>>The cost of life in the US is way higher than in France. Here I pay
>>>about 20 Euros for 1Mbps cable, and 20Mbps ADSL costs about 30 Euros.
>>>About 40 USD at a rough guess.
>>>But here most people earn only about 1,000 USD per month, and still have
>>>to pay some income tax every year on top of that.
>>>I don't think on can live decently in a US city with 1,000 USD...no ?
>>>So even if you pay say 100 or 150 USD per month for broadband, its still
>>>cheap by US standards...
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>>It varies quite a bit.  For 1.5Mb down/896kb up, I pay 48 USD, $28 to
>>the telephone company for my ADSL connection and $20 to my ISP (bridged,
>>one static IP, no usage restrictions).  Until a few months ago it was
>>slightly more expensive and only 650kb down/256kb up but technology
>>improvements and competition have helped.  Cable would be a bit cheaper
>>if I subscribed for television (I have satellite) and slightly higher
>>without for a data rate of (I think) 2Mb/sec.  Satellite internet is
>>more expensive (around 70 USD per month, I think) and is mainly used by
>>people who cannot get a fast connection otherwise.
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>>I think that the cost of shopping and dining are slightly higher in
>>France than here (but less than in England), although housing (also high
>>in England) is less expensive than most places in the U.S.  We are taxed
>>less but pay more for medical care (although now that I am over 65
>>years of age, the government medicare program covers much of this).
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>>>>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.
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>>>Definitely ! There are still tons of people who don't have a PC here,
>>>and many of those who have, don't really use internet to it's full
>>>potential. each of my parents have one, but they don't even master
>>>e-mails ! It really very very very basic stuff. All my mom wants from
>>>her computer is... "Freecell" ! :-/
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>>Yeah, my wife is the same way.  She stopped using email after getting a
>>bunch of spam but likes "Pysol".
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My connection costs me about $70 AUD a month

and I get shaped to 28.8k modem speeds after 12 gb