[ubuntu-uk] UK repositories slow

[Tony Arnold]

Kirrus,

Kirrus wrote:
> ----- "Tony Arnold" <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Downloading this morning's updates from the repositories
>> (archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com) seems very slow. Is this
>> just me, or is everyone experiencing this and does anyone know why?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tony.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, got it here, and probably because everyone else is updating at the same time ;)

I've just switched to using the UK repositories (gb.archive.ubuntu.com)
and that has speeded things up considerably.

Regards,
Tony.
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