problem: extremely slow 'apt-get install'

[Chris Mohler]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Michael DeBari<michaeldebari at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, my first post, excited to be here.

Hi!

> I've looked through FAQs and forums, would like to change
> /etc/apt/sources.list to use another repository (currently
> us.archive.ubuntu.com) to see if that helps but can't find alternate(s). Can
> anyone point me to other reps, and/or address throughput problem (kernel
> bug?)

Sounds like a slow mirror?

Here's a list:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors

See if there's any change after changing to another mirror...

HTH,
Chris