I have been seeing this a lot lately on DigitalOcean using mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrrors.txt which gives me the following mirrors: ``` % curl http://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ http://ubuntu.mirrors.uk2.net/ubuntu/ http://mirrors.coreix.net/ubuntu/ http://mirror.vorboss.net/ubuntu-archive/ http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ http://ubuntu.positive-internet.com/ubuntu/ http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/ubuntu/ http://ubuntu.datahop.net/ubuntu/ http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/ubuntu/ http://ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk/ubuntu/ http://mirror.as29550.net/archive.ubuntu.com/ http://repo.bigstepcloud.com/ubuntu/ ``` and what I get with apt update is: ``` Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid InRelease Ign http://archive.canonical.com vivid InRelease Ign http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security InRelease Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid Release.gpg Hit http://archive.canonical.com vivid Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid Release.gpg Hit http://archive.canonical.com vivid Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid Release Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security Release.gpg [933 B] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid Release Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security Release [63.5 kB] Ign http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid InRelease Hit http://archive.canonical.com vivid/partner Sources Ign http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates InRelease Ign http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports InRelease Ign http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security InRelease Hit http://archive.canonical.com vivid/partner amd64 Packages Hit http://archive.canonical.com vivid/partner i386 Packages Get:3 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid Release.gpg [933 B] Ign http://archive.canonical.com vivid/partner Translation-en Get:4 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates Release.gpg [933 B] Get:5 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports Release.gpg [933 B] Get:6 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security Release.gpg [933 B] Get:7 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid Release [217 kB] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Translation-en Get:8 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates Release [63.5 kB] Get:9 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports Release [59.7 kB] Get:10 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security Release [63.5 kB] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main Sources [21.1 kB] Get:12 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/main Sources [1077 kB] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted Sources [28 B] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe Sources [9445 B] Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse Sources [1964 B] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Sources Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main amd64 Packages [64.0 kB] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net vivid/main Translation-en Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted amd64 Packages [28 B] Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe amd64 Packages [34.1 kB] Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [3494 B] Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main i386 Packages [63.5 kB] Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted i386 Packages [28 B] Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe i386 Packages [34.1 kB] Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3679 B] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted Translation-en Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main Translation-en Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe Translation-en Get:24 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/restricted Sources [7162 B] Get:25 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/universe Sources [7017 kB] Get:26 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/multiverse Sources [174 kB] Get:27 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages [1364 kB] Get:28 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/restricted amd64 Packages [15.4 kB] Get:29 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages [6485 kB] Get:30 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/multiverse amd64 Packages [134 kB] Get:31 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/main i386 Packages [1361 kB] Get:32 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/restricted i386 Packages [15.5 kB] Get:33 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/universe i386 Packages [6486 kB] Get:34 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/multiverse i386 Packages [134 kB] Get:35 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/main Translation-en [793 kB] Get:36 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/main Translation-fi [122 kB] Get:37 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/multiverse Translation-en [103 kB] Get:38 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/multiverse Translation-fi [10.4 kB] Get:39 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/restricted Translation-en [4228 B] Get:40 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/restricted Translation-fi [1525 B] Get:41 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/universe Translation-en [4456 kB] Get:42 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid/universe Translation-fi [212 kB] Get:43 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main Sources [6542 B] Get:44 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/restricted Sources [28 B] Get:45 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/universe Sources [1581 B] Get:46 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/multiverse Sources [28 B] Get:47 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages [20.9 kB] Get:48 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [28 B] Get:49 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/universe amd64 Packages [7339 B] Get:50 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [28 B] Get:51 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main i386 Packages [20.9 kB] Get:52 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/restricted i386 Packages [28 B] Get:53 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/universe i386 Packages [7325 B] Get:54 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [28 B] Get:55 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main Translation-en [11.7 kB] Get:56 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/multiverse Translation-en [14 B] Get:57 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/restricted Translation-en [14 B] Get:58 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/universe Translation-en [6388 B] Get:59 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/main Sources [14 B] Get:60 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/restricted Sources [14 B] Get:61 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/universe Sources [14 B] Get:62 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/multiverse Sources [14 B] Get:63 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/main amd64 Packages [14 B] Get:64 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/restricted amd64 Packages [14 B] Get:65 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/universe amd64 Packages [14 B] Get:66 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages [14 B] Get:67 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/main i386 Packages [14 B] Get:68 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B] Get:69 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/universe i386 Packages [14 B] Get:70 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B] Get:71 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/main Translation-en [14 B] Get:72 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/multiverse Translation-en [14 B] Get:73 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B] Get:74 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-backports/universe Translation-en [14 B] Get:75 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/main Sources [5317 B] Get:76 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/restricted Sources [28 B] Get:77 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/universe Sources [1581 B] Get:78 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/multiverse Sources [28 B] Get:79 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/main amd64 Packages [16.9 kB] Get:80 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/restricted amd64 Packages [28 B] Get:81 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/universe amd64 Packages [6863 B] Get:82 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [28 B] Get:83 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/main i386 Packages [16.9 kB] Get:84 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/restricted i386 Packages [28 B] Get:85 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/universe i386 Packages [6854 B] Get:86 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/multiverse i386 Packages [28 B] Get:87 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/main Translation-en [7459 B] Get:88 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/multiverse Translation-en [14 B] Get:89 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/restricted Translation-en [14 B] Get:90 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ vivid-security/universe Translation-en [5809 B] Fetched 30.8 MB in 21s (1463 kB/s) W: Failed to fetch mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/vivid-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/vivid-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/vivid-security/main/i18n/Translation-en Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt/dists/vivid-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en Hash Sum mismatch E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. ``` And my sources.list is: ``` # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid main restricted universe multiverse ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final vivid of the ## distribution. deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid-updates main restricted universe multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main vivid, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid main restricted universe multiverse deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt vivid-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid-security main restricted universe multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu vivid partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu vivid partner ```