This is a -current test case of:

	CVS_RSH=ssh
	CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot
	cd /usr/src
	date
	cvs -z 3 update -dP
	date

with a very current tree, few or no file updates.

Start date: Sat Feb  7 16:29:08 PST 2004
Stops date: Sat Feb  7 16:44:48 PST 2004

Total time: 00:25:40 (25+ minutes)
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I'm located in Oakland, CA using a 144K IDSL line.

The "anoncvs.netbsd.org" is closest to me physically
and is 8 network hops away from me.  Fist 2 hops are
my local firewall and IDSL router.

$ traceroute anoncvs.netbsd.org
traceroute to anoncvs.netbsd.org (204.152.184.161), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  finch (192.168.41.1)  0.332 ms  0.239 ms  0.231 ms
 2  rudy.pino.net (66.166.200.185)  0.865 ms  1.009 ms  1.013 ms
 3  ip-172-31-255-253.covad.net (172.31.255.253)  27.276 ms  28.452 ms  29.721 ms
 4  ip-192-168-21-41.covad.net (192.168.21.41)  32.370 ms  26.027 ms  26.676 ms
 5  ge-8-1-187.ipcolo2.SanJose1.Level3.net (63.210.193.177)  29.426 ms  24.280 ms  26.635 ms
 6  ae-0-54.gar2.sanjose1.level3.net (64.159.2.108)  26.413 ms  27.811 ms  26.677 ms
 7  so-10-0.hsa4.sanjose1.level3.net (209.244.13.242)  26.600 ms  27.308 ms  26.555 ms
 8  isc-level3-fe.sanjose1.level3.net (209.245.146.219)  26.870 ms  26.719 ms  26.610 ms
 9  r8-pao1.r3.sfo2.isc.org (192.5.4.233)  26.418 ms  29.017 ms  26.705 ms
10  anoncvs.isc.netbsd.org (204.152.185.216)  26.230 ms  44.555 ms  26.689 ms
$ 
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I don't claim to know what the time difference means.
I was curious, I measured and you here is the data.

This data may not be meaningful due to changed conditions
from the original 12 hours report.  The best I would guess
is that "anoncvs.netbsd.org" was responding fine *today*.