SWITCHmirror Admins (switchmirror@switch.ch) wrote on 4 August 2008 19:19: >Hi, > >since August 2. all 40 slots are used and my rsync client cannot connect > anymore. > >Are all these 40 connections still active or do some hang? Most likely active, it takes a long time to get isos. Why don't you fetch them from another mirror? http://www.de.debian.org/dmc/today/ lists mirrors with info about how up-to-date they are.