Re: apt-get issues with download speed and server access

2014-06-24 Thread Brad
I've always used ftp://mirror.anl.gov/pub/debian/ for my Debian mirror. It's fast and up to date, I routinely see speeds of 1M/s on downloads. If you are a US citizen it is partially funded with your tax dollars so why not use it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: apt-get issues with download speed and server access

2014-06-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Joel Rees wrote: > Last week, when the kernel update came down the pipe, most of the > packages had decent speed, but the kernel and some others were cut > down to about a fifth normal speed. What archive name are you using? I am in the US and use ftp.us.debian.org and when I do I am actually usi

Re: apt-get issues with download speed and server access

2014-06-23 Thread Brian
On Mon 23 Jun 2014 at 12:04:55 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > I don't know if any conclusions can be drawn from my anecdotes, but if > you collect enough anecdotes perhaps it can help you figure out what's > going wrong. Lots of conclusions can be drawn from anecdotal evidence but a proven aspect of

Re: apt-get issues with download speed and server access

2014-06-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:21:48 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > (Seems like I remember seeing a thread on this recently, but I don't > see it in the last week's posts.) > > Last week, when the kernel update came down the pipe, most of the > packages had decent speed, but the kernel and some others were cu