Comment 11 for bug 340212

I have also been noticing the occasional slowdown. Yesterday, however, I was able to download alpha-2 at around 200 kBps. Since alpha-2 is relatively recent, you may use that (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/alpha-2/). Unlike the daily-live images, it also has a bittorrent feed, and that might be quicker.