[ubuntu-za] Repository server

[Jan Kroeze]

It might just be a case of the South African servers being very slow... or
being very slow at the time of the test. Personally, I've found that
sometimes the local mirrors are really painful. I don't think you need to
pay it any heed.

On 22/10/2007, Ivo Vegter <ivo at hivemind.net> wrote:
>
> Hiya,
>
> This may be a stupid question, but why does the "Software Sources" app,
> when ping-testing all 185 download servers, find that ftp.belnet.be is
> faster than either of the South African servers?
>
> Should I pay any attention?
>
> I'm on iBurst, if that makes a difference.
>
> PS. Apologies for not making it to the Joburg Gutsy party. Was feeling a
> little,  ehm, fragile on Sunday.
>
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