Paul,

According to Paul L. Bradshaw:
>
> To everyone who has experienced problems getting data off of our FTP
> server, we have heard you!  We have a T1 line on order to be installed
> within the next 10 days (we are running at a dismal 56kbps right now)
> if all parties meet their commitments (we are driving them pretty hard to
> make sure they do!).
>
...

> We will monitor our T1 line to see if it meets your needs.  If not, I'm
> sure you will post here any problems you are having with it (we are
> counting on that!).
>
> So, hold tight, and we should be streaming along well before any gremlins
> come out for Halloween.
>
> Paul Bradshaw
>
I don't think that this will help us outside the US.

If its IBM intend to use resources efficiently - which is a good idea -,
and they will have us looking for new software maintenance levels instead
of calling the support centers - and often there the answer would be "get
the new v2r1mX code" - then claiming that there is ONE supported annonymous
FTP server and three mirrors maintained by non-IBM volunteers is completely
inadequate.

After upgrading PCTCP, our WIN 16-bit ADSM v2r1m3/4 client didn't work
anymore. I assumed that this could be fixed using the v2r1m5 client, which
I now know is true, but in the areas where I looked in, the WIN 16-bit and
32-bit clients, the german mirror at Karlsruhe had EMPTY directories for
about three weeks !!!
I tried the PSU mirror as well, and when I was able to connect the official
mirror somewhere in the 8.00 - 11.00 GMT timeframe, the best I could achieve
was to download 300K of the first IPnnnn.3dx file !!!

I would suggest, that IBM sets up supported mirrors at some of their national
subsidaries, or at least establish mechanisms which would enable the volunteer
mirrors to keep in sync in a reasonable timeframe.

Uwe
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