[PLUG] Where should I download ubuntu from

[MJang]

On Fri, 2013-01-04 at 09:32 -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 04:01:02PM -0800, Jim Karlock wrote:
> > Where is a good place to download Ubuntu in the Portland OR area?
> 
> Not sure where the fastest download site is at any given moment,
> because that seems to vary with site load over time.   However,
> a general rule of thumb is to pick a short path to a site with
> lots of bandwidth.

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>  (much of the
> trans-Pacific fiber traffic passes through OSU land).  And I
> trust them to know what they are doing.

I've usually had the best luck with the OSU mirror at
http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ ; if I remember the specs correctly, they have
a 2GB pipe (PSU I think only uses a 100MB pipe). In other words, they've
got the closest big pipe available. 

While the other comments on torrents are true, that can generally be
addressed by checking the MD5SUM or SHA1SUM key for the download.

Thanks,
Mike