Re: ftp.us.debian.org really slow/nonresponsive

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Mark wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Merciadri Luca
> > <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be
> > <mailto:Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be>> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >  
> >
> >     $ ping ftp.us.debian.org <http://ftp.us.debian.org>
> >     PING ftp.us.debian.org <http://ftp.us.debian.org> (204.152.191.39)
> >     56(84) bytes of data.
> >     ^C
> >     --- ftp.us.debian.org <http://ftp.us.debian.org> ping statistics ---
> >     11 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 10023ms
> >
> >     $ ping ftp.de.debian.org <http://ftp.de.debian.org>
> >     PING ftp.de.debian.org <http://ftp.de.debian.org> (141.76.2.4)
> >     56(84) bytes of data.
> >     64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org <http://ftp.de.debian.org>
> >     (141.76.2.4): icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=51.2 ms
> >     64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org <http://ftp.de.debian.org>
> >     (141.76.2.4): icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=40.9 ms
> >     ^C
> >     --- ftp.de.debian.org <http://ftp.de.debian.org> ping statistics ---
> >     2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1005ms
> >     rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 40.926/46.083/51.240/5.157 ms
> >
> >     So, yes, this looks like it is the same for everybody. But you can use
> >     another URL.
> >
> >
> > Thanks.  I have decided to be Canadian for my Debian mirror today :).
> Why not. I often switch when it goes down. But I like using the german
> one. I don't know if it is in Germany, but it looks like more reliable.
> Normal, you would say;  German discipline.

For years I've been using
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
for the same reason(?)

Hugo