Re: Why is ftp.us.debian.org So Tempermental?

[Toney <tlists@indy.rr.com>]

Joey Hess wrote:
> Toney wrote:
> > For years ftp.us.debian.org has been hard to connect to; it hangs for
> > long periods during downloads; and the download speed fluctuates wildly,
> > like between 300 bytes per second and 300 kilobytes per second.
>
> ftp.us.debian.org is a round-robin dns rotation currently consisting of
> three separate mirrors.
That explains what I'm experiencing.  It seems like two of the three 
mirrors are dead as a doornail at any given time or the round-robin 
router is a dud.

I'll try some mirrors.

Thanks guys.

Toney