Luis Felipe <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:

> Hi Chris,
>
> El 31/05/23 a las 10:48, Christopher Baines escribió:
>> Luis Felipe <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:
>>
>>> Another (faster) test from a different machine with Guix System 020184f,
>>> same place and network (60 Mbps):
>> Thanks for the information, although it looks like you're not well
>> connected to any of the three machines.
>>
>> The Singapore mirror is hosted by Vultr, and they do have some locations
>> closer to you, I'd be interested to see what speeds you get downloading
>> these files?
>>
>> https://sao-br-ping.vultr.com/vultr.com.100MB.bin
>> https://mex-mx-ping.vultr.com/vultr.com.100MB.bin
>> https://scl-cl-ping.vultr.com/vultr.com.100MB.bin
>
> It feels faster downloading from those locations.

Good to know, so to summarise a US mirror is helpful for some people at
least in South America, but closer mirrors help more (with Mexico being
the best in this test).