[OSM-dev] planet.osm.org is verry slow

[marc tobias]

Wolfram, who asked about the bandwidth, is already running a mirror
https://download.bbbike.org/osm/planet/
(listed on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Downloading)
so downloading it every week is likely trying to update his mirror.

marc tobias

> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 11:46:20 +0100
> From: Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch>
> To: dev at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] planet.osm.org is verry slow
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> Yes, there are now bandwidth restrictions on connections to
> planet.openstreetmap.org because the usage had skyrocketed and outgoing
> bandwidth was completely saturated.
> 
> But the obvious question is: why are you even trying to download the
> full planet twice within a fortnight? Particularly given the file can
> easily be updated in situ.
> 
> Simon