Is all this stuff officially known?
 

Was going through my old favourites from another account recently and found these two sites

ftp://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/store2/

http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyondergames/

Is this some employees stash of files? I used to download everything and anything off the gamesfiles, i constantly stay > 175kB/s, best speeds from anywhere.

There looks to be loads of open source stuff there for those who like that sort of stuff...I've never seen this place as a mirror anywhere...:scratch:

Re: Is all this stuff officially known?
 

No, they're there deliberately, but only really for Blueyonder users. I've been using them for some time on NTL too, though ;)

It's actually good thinking on Telewest's part: users get the fastest possible downloads, while TW save on bandwidth costs because it's all on their own network.

Don't know why NTL don't do the same...

Re: Is all this stuff officially known?
 

One for the bookmarks me tinksI also found /store1/ worked

also

ftp://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/

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Ah i see Tristan, that idea too would be a great one..kind of like cache. An even better idea could be like they put up all those distros and allow them to download with 'free-bandwidth' and then the 'linux-needs' cap complainers have one less excuse to use ;) But thats obviously never going to happen.

Ahhh, i really hope ntl merge with tw soon :)

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very handy for latest patches for games i find - i can never remember the address so just google it and get lucky

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Yeah, that's a real beauty, have been using it for ages. I can get fantastic speeds for game patches, instead of having to queue at Fileplanet.

For Linux distros, I tend to go to UK academic sites, cause they have great speeds too (God Bless SuperJANET) and are very frequently updated.

TBH, I've never understood either why ntl didn't follow TW's example - it would save them an unbelievable amount of bandwidth for an incredibly small outlay, and their end users would benefit from this too by faster speeds.

Re: Is all this stuff officially known?
 

I see it also has Openoffice - including a recent preview 1.9-2.0 and the 1.1.4

http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html
Official Blueyonder mirror link:
ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/sites...loper/680_m69/

There is a tucows mirror at blueyonder, so I don't believe it's "restricted"
Blueyonder to NTL should be a solid and low cost route.

Many other ISP's have their own FTP server, and while some of them are still "open" (like demon) - some of the mirrors that would have been useful are now unmaintained - a LOT of out of date Mozilla mirrors out there!

Re: Is all this stuff officially known?
 

Demon do the same

ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub

Re: Is all this stuff officially known?
 

The thing that this thread shows is also why ntl (and others) might not want to provide their own "mirror". Others from outside the network will also connect. Thus the network saves some external download bandwidth to replace it for external uploads

Re: Is all this stuff officially known?
 

So they limit access by IP range...? Or even, they password protect it with your NTL account username & pwd. OR am I missing the point (I have had a lot to drink tonight :beer: ;) )

Re: Is all this stuff officially known?
 

The ones that DO allow open external access to their FTP, are being true to the old concepts of the internet - everybody contributes, and you use local resources to ease the load on stretched links. Mind you, at the start, demon had less international (and quite likely local) link capacity than one broadband user today.


There would be nothing to stop NTL having a "users only" FTP, but then it would need a lot of user education to be of much use - the internet now seems to be dominated by WWW and P2P, though I'd enjoy a decent freeware collection FTP to dig around in.

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Yep, the whole internet ethos has been gradually degraded over time as more and more people come online. As more and more angst-ridden teens, housewives, and people who don't ever wear woolly jumpers nor have huge beards become internet-enabled, the conecpts of ftp, telnet, smtp, etc... are being lost.

Another thing I've noticed is that these users don't necessarily remember the days when websites were more text than images, Flash animations, Java applets, etc... and all they want nowadays is eye candy *grumble grumble grumble*

Anyway, moving back on topic, they could always use a nice looking web site yet still restrict access via .htaccess very easily - hell, if I can do it, then anyone can ;)

ps - sorry if I'm rambling, I've had even more :beer: than earlier, I'm kinda like the bloke that sits in the corner of the pub, who everyone acknowledges but ignore, who is just waffling on about anything and everything. Right, time for another beer.....