[xubuntu-users] software updates so slow they don't happen

[rl.ward at bigpond.com]

My own experience was similar until I let the Repositories tool do a search for me for the fastest and that did make a huge difference (SouthEastAustralia).  Faster and more reliable.  However your particular problem Teague sounds like an ISP doing some sort of bandwidth limiting.  No doubt there is no problem with the speed of the advertisements arriving ;-)

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---- Teague <teaguehall at cybersmart.co.za> wrote: 
> Thank s George, for a quick response
> This certainly makes sense but my other internet traffic is perfectly 
> fine no delays at all.
> All the best
> Teague
> 
> On 13/08/2014 19:44, George F. Nemeyer wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014, James Freer wrote:
> >
> >> It would seem the problem is with your landline telecommunications.
> > There's massive Internet outages because a batch of new routing
> > information was released yesterday, pushing the number of routes to over
> > 512K.
> >
> > This is causing (predicted) havoc with many routers that simply can't
> > handle more than that number without an update.  So the routers 'forget'
> > huge chunks of existing Internet routes when the new ones overwrote the
> > old ones.
> >
> > Until ISPs and routing locations fix this, much of the Internet will be
> > just 'broken'.
> >
> > You can try again later and see if things to your location are improved.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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