Re: news.postgresql.org slow

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, stig erikson wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>> this might not be the correct place to ask but i see not better place.
>>
>> i use the news server news.postgresql.org. every now and then i go
>> offline and i usually do a offline synchronization before (download
>> every message, head + body).
>>
>> the news.postgresql.org server seems to have some speed limit that
>> only allows the receiver (my news reader) to fetch ~2 messages per
>> second.
>> this is painfully slow.
>> would it be possible for the server holder to change this limit (if
>> such a limit is in place) to allow, say, twice as many bodies to be
>> transmitted per second?
>>
>> it is not a bandwidth problem at my end (but could of course be
>> something else at my end), i don't see this problem with other news
>> servers though.
>
> There are no limits imposed on the news server, but you might want to
> try news.fr.postgresql.org, which might be a closer server for you ...
>
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thank you.
that made a difference, the french server is twice as fast for me.