Servers sluggish...

[Brian McKee]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Brian Lunergan <ff809 at ncf.ca> wrote:
> Is there still a clog of people running off to download the "latest and
> greatest" edition of Ubuntu and in the process gumming up the works with
> the load that imposes. I have tried several of the Canadian servers and
> even one of the UK servers and even for updating the list after punching
> reload, let alone downloading any updates or additional packages, it
> seems to bog down to the point of dead stall.

> If it has any bearing on the discussion I'm using 8.04 connecting by
> dial-up (GnomePPP) using an external/serial hardware modem.

The Canadian servers (ca.ubuntu.com) are certainly running fast enough
to keep ahead of dial-up - I was easily getting 150k plus today while
setting up apt-cacher, and that speed was likely limited by my busy
connection, not the servers.  I think your issue is elsewhere I'm
afraid.

Brian

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