> The mirror is taking forever to sync up this time
> around.  Probably
> because the transfer so far is > 6GB over my 0.5MB/s
> uplink.

Looks like the link is working. I realize this is a test point but some thoughts:

What is the monolithic tarball?

Perhaps file sizes should accompany each link to help people gauge download times?

Could there be a single download link for the traditional core kde packages?:

tqtinterface
arts
kdeaccessibility:
kdeaddons
kdeadmin
kdeartwork
kdebase
kdebindings
kdeedu
kdegames
kdegraphics
kdelibs
kdemultimedia
kdenetwork
kdepim
kdesdk
kdetoys
kdeutils
kdevelop
kdewebdev