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Thread: [SOLVED] Extremely slow, and sporadic downloads?

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    [SOLVED] Extremely slow, and sporadic downloads?

    Whenever I download anything from the repos, I get extremely slow and very sporadic like it will drop from 60kb/s down to 20kbs/ then back up to 40kb/s, is anyone else experiencing this?
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    Re: Extremely slow, and sporadic downloads?

    have you tried a different mirror?
    system->administration->software sources

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    Re: Extremely slow, and sporadic downloads?

    Quote Originally Posted by ssam View Post
    have you tried a different mirror?
    system->administration->software sources
    Ah-ha! Apparently I was set to 'Custom Server' for some reason. i switch to main server and now I get blazing speeds. Thanks. (:
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