freebsd-update and speed

[Rainer Duffner]

> Am 15.04.2021 um 14:20 schrieb Ferdinand Goldmann <Ferdinand.Goldmann at jku.at>:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've noticed that ever since update3.freebsd.org is gone (which was in Czech
> republic I think), FreeBSD updates are often quite slow for me (= Austria/Europe)
> Especially so for major release upgrades. In fact so slow that I have time
> to type this mail while waiting for '8778 patches....'.
> 
> The other day, freebsd-update even suffered a timeout.
> 
> What are other European users experiences and is there anything to do about it?
> 
> Regards
> Ferdinand


It’s OK-ish most of the time here (CH).

It does *NOT* work through a proxy, due to the use of pipelined http-requests.

What’s your internet-connection?