[R] Which CRAN mirror is the fastest ?

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Thu Jul 30 09:19:51 CEST 2009



Tal Galili wrote:
> Hi dear R help group.
> 
> I was wondering how can I find out which CRAN mirror would be the fastest
> for me (I leave in Israel and therefore don't have a CRAN mirror for our
> country to go to by default)


Hard to lee, you have to try out, I fear.

The speed you see highly depends on the connection from your country to 
others, but of course, there are also some mirrors that are not the 
fastest themselves.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> 
> Thanks,
> Tal




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