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diff --git a/doc/forum/untitled/comment_1_0176d1d50bd62b113ff690346ba4161b._comment b/doc/forum/untitled/comment_1_0176d1d50bd62b113ff690346ba4161b._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2016-09-05T16:34:35Z"
+ content="""
+Remotes have configurable costs, see `remote.<name>.annex-cost`
+documentation in [[git-annex]].
+
+`git annex get` and some other commands can be used with `-J3` to
+download multiple files at once. However, it only downloads
+each file from the cheapest remote that has a copy.
+
+It would perhaps be an interesting improvement to make it round-robin
+amoung remotes if there are multiple ones that have the same cost.
+"""]]
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@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ or transferring them from some kind of key-value store.
 * `--from=remote`
 
   Normally git-annex will choose which remotes to get the content
-  from. Use this option to specify which remote to use. 
+  from, preferring less expensive remotes. Use this option to specify
+  which remote to use. 
   
   Any files that are not available on the remote will be silently skipped.