[ale] hottest mirrors for Ubuntu

[Ron Frazier]

Richard,

I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to.  Yes, I am using opendns.

Sincerely,

Ron

On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 12:25 -0500, Richard Bronosky wrote:
> This probably relates back to the DNS thread from a week or two ago. I
> bet you are using a DNS service other than your ISP's.
> 
> > On Jan 9, 2011 2:18 AM, "Ron Frazier"
> > <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I was trying to download some Ubuntu ISO's.  Ubuntu.com no longer
> > lists
> > the mirror sites on their site, but uses an automated routing system
> > to
> > pick a mirror that's supposed to be close to you.  However, I kept
> > getting sites in the UK and they were slow as tar.  I got so fed up
> > that
> > I started searching around for other mirrors.  I found the following
> > list of mirrors (not sure if it's "official"):
> > 
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+cdmirrors - Ubuntu mirrors list.
> > 
> > >From this list, I tested all the ones in the USA that are supposed
> > to
> > have over 1 Gbps bandwidth.  Surprisingly, some of these are slow as
> > tar
> > too.  The ones below are the ones that made my Hall of Fame.  These
> > were
> > able to consistently maintain over 10 Mbps download speed.  My cable
> > modem taps out at 16-20 Mbps, so, anything faster than that, I have
> > no
> > way of testing.  Anyway, I thought I'd pass this along so the rest
> > of
> > you don't have to wait 4 hours to download an ISO.
> > 
> > http://mirror.umoss.org/ubuntu-iso/ (erratic)    - 15 - 17 Mbps
> > http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/ - 14 - 16 Mbps
> > http://mirrors.cs.wmich.edu/ubuntu-releases//    - 12 - 15 Mbps
> > http://mirrors.gigenet.com/ubuntu/               - 10 - 12 Mbps
> > http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu-releases/     - 10 - 12 Mbps
> > http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs/        - 10 - 12 Mbps
> > http://ubuntu-releases.cs.umn.edu/               - 10 - 12 Mbps
> > http://mirrors.ccs.neu.edu/releases.ubuntu.com/  - 10 - 11 Mbps
> > http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/releases/      - 10 - 11 Mbps
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Ron
> > 
> > --
> > 


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