ubuntu upgrade

[sandyd]

So far, their something weird going on...


I got a 7mb/s DSL line in my house.

i tested it with the internap servers by downloading something from sourceforge.
got 6mb/s all the way.

Then, i went to upgrade ubuntu to karmic.

32kb/s

now, each time i turn my modem off and back on, the speed of the download spikes to 6mb/s, then within a few minutes, it drops back to 32kb/s

help?
i realllyyy don't wanna download 20 hours (thats what it says on the upgrade-manager)

and noone else is downloading (i directly plugged the modem into my laptop)
nothing else thats running is using the internet either.

[Jesus_Valdez]

There are tons of people like You, downloanding the beta and doing upgrades, so maybe the servers are just too busy.

On a side note 7 Mb/s OMG!!!!!

[hoppipolla]

It's probably just on Ubuntu's end, especially if downloads on other sites are going full speed :)

Give it time, it'll pick up :)

[juancarlospaco]

apt-torrent

yeah too bad that Ubuntu developers cant handle space/time/megabytes teletransportation yet

[sandyd]

apt-torrent

yeah too bad that Ubuntu developers cant handle space/time/megabytes teletransportation yet
doesnt really help when your using upgrade-manager -d

[sandyd]

allright...
could someone tell me which country ain't overloaded so i can leech off them?

gettin 10kb/s now...

[NoaHall]

Try using software sources to select the best source.

[sandyd]

but i don't know which one is currently the best

thats what im asking.

[moster]

Select Sweden. They should have dirty fast servers.

[juancarlospaco]

Maybe we can use the particle accelerator to handle space/time/megabytes teletransportation

[NoaHall]

Open software sources -> Click on the little triangle by "Download from" -> Click "other" -> "Select Best Server"

[sandyd]

went for great Britain

got 6mb/s


sorry people in Britain....

and someone seriously needs to add load balancing to apt-get.

[FuturePilot]

In Software Sources click select Other from the server drop down and click the Select Best Server button. It will test all the servers and show you the fastest one.

[diesch]

but i don't know which one is currently the best

thats what im asking.

Software Sources can test that:

At "Download from" select "Other" and click the "Select Best Server" button.

[sandyd]

i was using Kubuntu... so i couldn't test it...