[plug] iinet dumping their ftp archive

[Craig Ringer]

  > Well, I guess they have to make the most of the limited resources
> available to them. It was never written anywhere when you signed up for 
> iiNet "service" that they had to supply you local mirror sites.

*cough*cron*cough*

I mean, seriously - how much can it cost to maintain a mirror? Synch up 
daily or weekly using a simple ncftp or rsync run from cron. The 
bandwidth can't possibly be costing them a significant amount outside 
RH, Debian and Tucows - those things that they're going to keep 
mirroring anyway.

> I must admit though, it gave me a little twinge of satisfaction to be 
> able to extend my middle finger to them and move all my services across 
> to another ISP/self hosting.

Alas, ftp.iinet.net.au has been the best mirror out there for a while. 
Fast, reliable (except for debian sarge/sid), and WAIX-routed.