Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 Upgrade script extremely inefficient (downloads from the internet, ignores local CD image)

[tmcallaghan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Tim Callaghan)]

RCN has always been fantastic for me.  I've got 20/2 service and always get
around 1.7MB/s when bit-torrenting distro ISOs.  I've never seen any
throttling.

-Tim

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 1. Looks like there might be a bug in Ubuntu's script. However, the
> Ubuntu CDs do not contain all the bits for most installations, but it
> should have at least warned you.
>
> 2. Comcast has been criticized for this also. In general, what has been
> your experience with RCN. Currently at work our connection is throttled
> to 2Mbps shared (and I'm not going into what we pay monthly for rent).
> In any case our alternatives are to either get one or more T1s, or RCN.
> RCN will save us a few hundred $$ per month with a 20Mbps/2Mbps cable
> connection. Currently we do have RCN on our floor and in our computer
> room for another client, so installation is no problem.
>
> 3. I don't know the model numbers. It looks like MIT upgraded all their
> projectors in E-51 (or at least in the rooms we use). I'll play around
> with it next meeting and possibly at the installfest (the classroom next
> door has an overhead).
>
> On 10/30/2009 08:24 AM, Randy Cole wrote:
> > It only took 1 hour to download the CD via bittorrent.  And I told the
> > update not to use the network, just the CD.  So the script is ignoring
> > it's own flags.  There is no need to download the files again.
> >
> > RCN seems to throttle torrents and other downloads after a while.  They
> > slow down, then if you reset the cable modem it gets faster.
> >
> > Do you have the models of the offending MIT projectors?
> >
> > -r
> >
> >
> > Jerry Feldman wrote:
> >
> >> I performed the upgrade to Karmic beta the other day. My network at work
> >> really sucks (and I am doing something about it, but it takes time). The
> >> upgrade took about 12 or so hours, and yesterday I got the bits to
> >> upgrade to the production Karmic. So far, not a lot of issues, but I
> >> have not really done much. I did reinstall Vbox 3 since Karmic installed
> >> OSE. Sound works ok. Next month I'll see if I can get connected to the
> >> overhead projector in 325. I've never had trouble with the MIT
> >> projectors until last September, but that is an issue for later.
> >>
>
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