apt-p2p faster than the repos?

[sandyd]

I recently encountered a huge slowdown when downloading stuff from the repos (the main one). It would just sit there at 5kb/s.

I got fustrated cause I knew no matter how much I bugged comcast, they wouldnt fix my internet.... so I switched to apt-p2p.
To my suprise, It downloaded at 5mb/s.
Which was faster than my normal repo downloading speed.

what???

[NightwishFan]

Delta debs would be great as well.

p2p downloads well with more users.

[2hot6ft2]

I recently encountered a huge slowdown when downloading stuff from the repos (the main one). It would just sit there at 5kb/s.

I got fustrated and switched to apt-p2p.
To my suprise, It downloaded at 5mb/s.
Which was faster than my normal repo downloading speed.

what???
I saw that in synaptic the other day and was wondering how well it worked.
Thanks, it's all setup on this machine now.

[juancarlospaco]

1)Backup
2)backup
3)On the /etc/apt/sources.list replace the "http://" with "ftp://",
replace "XX.archive.ubuntu.com" with the IP,
ping to XX.archive.ubuntu.com to know the fixed IP that the server uses.
i.e. deb ftp://200.200.200.200/ubuntu main universe multiverse

:)

[koleoptero]

I guess I'm lucky my ISP mirrors the repos.

[BuffaloX]

Wow 5 MB/s! That's a very fast connection you got there.
I didn't even know there's a p2p option.
That should be default IMO.
Local servers here suck, so I use main.
Mostly I get about 1.5 Mbyte/s which is what my line can handle.

Does p2p use compression?

[sandyd]

Wow 5 MB/s! That's a very fast connection you got there.
I didn't even know there's a p2p option.
That should be default IMO.
Some ISPS still block and detest bittorent, or rather the concept of "seeding" "peers" and "filesharing".
however, http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/14040/

Local servers here suck, so I use main.
Mostly I get about 1.5 Mbyte/s which is what my line can handle.

Does p2p use compression?
dont think so
.

[forrestcupp]

But I thought P2P is illegal because it is always used for pirating. ;)

[NightwishFan]

But I thought P2P is illegal because it is always used for pirating. ;)

At least one person will take this seriously.

[forrestcupp]

At least one person will take this seriously.

Lol. I guess you were wrong. Nobody cares.

[swoll1980]

If you switch the default repo to one of your choosing it may help. I got about 150Kb/s from the default, but I get 800+ from the one I choose.

[NightwishFan]

Aww, all the trolls are gone. Well on topic apt-p2p + delta deb will blow other updaters in the water.