| 2009-03-27 16:09:45 |
Thomas Meixner |
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The Canadian ubuntu mirror at ca.archive.ubuntu.com is very slow. It seems to be throttled at around 20-30k/sec around the clock without exception.
Since after setting the timezone to a Canadian City ubuntu automatically defaults to the Canadian mirror, especially new users who don't know how to change the repository have to wait for hours for their first update to finish downloading. Already a simple "apt-get update" takes several minutes.
It would be desirable if Canadian users per default would experience a download speed which allows them to update their system in a timely manner. |
The Canadian ubuntu mirror at ca.archive.ubuntu.com is very slow. It appears to be throttled at around 20-30k/sec around the clock without exception since a majority of users in the #ubuntu-ca channel reported the same issue.
Since after setting the timezone to a Canadian City ubuntu automatically defaults to the Canadian mirror, especially new users who don't know how to change the repository have to wait for hours for their first update to finish downloading. Already a simple "apt-get update" takes several minutes. Amongst seasoned Canadian Ubuntu users it seems to be common to change manually to the main server to avoid these slow download speeds.
It would be desirable if Canadian users per default would experience a download speed which allows them to update their system in a timely manner. |
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