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**skunk** · Oct 02, 2009, 10:28 AM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

Same here. Although I am still running Jaunty

There was a 68.5MB update to OOo3 (16 packages) that took ages to download. Perhaps everybody is thrashing the us.archive.ubuntu.com server

**Fintan** · Oct 02, 2009, 11:47 AM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

I did this from a consistantly upgraded KK since Alph4 :

Code:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

No problem here

prefix "ch"

**GreyGeek** · Oct 02, 2009, 11:51 AM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

Ah, it seems like the new karmic beta release is the reason for the slowness. That, and it appears that some branches of the Internet are faster than others right now.

**finifly** · Oct 02, 2009, 12:12 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

The Canadian branches were slow this morning for me and updating timed out a few times. They are still pretty slow as of this post.

**arochester** · Oct 02, 2009, 12:27 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

Have you tried letting Synaptic search out a better Server?

Synaptic>Settings>Repositories>Ubuntu Software Tab>Change Download from Other>Select Best Server

NOTE that this changes quite often and you can always change the Server back a bit later.

**bmw** · Oct 02, 2009, 01:06 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

What Ubuntu Software Tab? I don't see one in Synaptic. I can change the server but there is no reference to Ubuntu. It's running on the average of 22kbps. Super ssssslllloooooowwwww!

**bmw** · Oct 02, 2009, 01:12 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

Well, something happened and now it's back up to 227kbps. All's well in the Ubuntu world again.

**askrieger** · Oct 02, 2009, 01:50 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

All's well in the Ubuntu world again.

That's a changing condition. I tried arochester's tip to find the best server at ~1530 Eastern US time and Synaptic hung up on a unresponsive server in Brazil(?!). That said, I downloaded some stuff earlier today (~8AM) from "server for the United States" and I didn't notice any excessive time delay.

My normal procedure is to do my updates at around 1-2AM eastern time. The US servers aren't too active then.

**Ole Juul** · Oct 02, 2009, 03:58 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

I didn't do this update yet, but the ones I have done in the past have been around 80kbps. All my downloads, regardless of where from, seem to come in the 80 to 120kbps range. I used a stopwatch to double check and insure that there was not some artifact of the download manager. I have a pretty regular 1.5Gbps connection which I check frequently on speedtest.com. I wonder where the limits on download speed are set. How does Kubuntu divide up the incoming data streams?

**dibl** · Oct 02, 2009, 05:12 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

I've had a miserable time trying download the Beta version of the netbook remix. AFAIK, the Kubuntu folder is still 29 SEP. The Ubuntu one is 30 SEP, but after a 4-hour download (via broadband) it reported "a file could not be read" and the image was defective.

A time for patience ....... dammit!

**GreyGeek** · Oct 02, 2009, 06:15 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

Originally posted by dibl

.....
A time for patience ....... dammit!

Reminds me of a cartoon with two vultures setting on a branch... one says to the other:
"I'm tired of waiting for something to die. I'm going to find something to kill!"

**GreyGeek** · Oct 02, 2009, 06:20 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

Originally posted by Ole Juul

.....
I have a pretty regular 1.5Gbps connection
.....

1.5Gbps? I pay $72US/mon for a guaranteed 10Mbps connection with NO cap on downloads. My max download speed is 1.7Mbps.

How much does your connection cost you, where do you live, and do they allow immigrants from the US?

**Ole Juul** · Oct 02, 2009, 07:21 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

GreyGeek : 1.5Gbps? I pay $72US/mon for a guaranteed 10Mbps connection with NO cap on downloads. My max download speed is 1.7Mbps.

How much does your connection cost you, where do you live, and do they allow immigrants from the US?

lol! Sorry! 1.5Mbps of course.

I pay CDN$39.15 per month for 1.5Mbps wireless. The wireless connection is very reliable, but the actual ISP goes down for an hour (or even a day) once in a while. According to speedtest.net the Canadian average is about the same as the global average, and that is 5.7Mbps. Basically, I would say that internet is expensive here. Still, I don't think that the ISP connection speed has anything to do with download speed as long as it is over something around 200Kbps.

**GreyGeek** · Oct 02, 2009, 10:14 PM

Re: Most repositories appear to be down or VERY SLOW!

I donno. Before my 10Mb/s connection I had a 7Mb/sec RR connection that was dropped to 3.5Mb/sec due to RR bungling, so I switched to EarthLink. With 3.5Mb/s RR I could never get over 300Mb/s dl speed. Theoretically one should be able to get around 85% of ideal bandwidth so my browsing speed should be around 850Kb/s and my DL speed should be twice that. I usually get it by using a DL accelerator like filezilla or aria2c, which gives me a reliable 1.7Mb/s on fast sites.

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