So I noticed that the default ca.archive.ubuntu.com mirrors were kind of slow.. so I did a quick little traceroute..
Anyone else notice a problem?
I'm figuring that it is most likely also because of the time ( see last command ).
-bash-4.1# traceroute 91.189.92.154 traceroute to 91.189.92.154 (91.189.92.154), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 * * * 2 rc1nr-tge0-8-2-0-11.wp.shawcable.net (64.59.176.131) 12.396 ms 18.5 ms 11.419 ms 3 rc2ec-tge0-8-1-0.il.shawcable.net (66.163.77.129) 32.12 ms 31.157 ms 32.776 ms 4 xe-11-1-3.edge4.Chicago3.Level3.net (4.53.98.85) 29.527 ms 29.926 ms 34.68 ms 5 vlan51.ebr1.Chicago2.Level3.net (4.69.138.158) 30.685 ms 29.405 ms 27.352 ms 6 ae-6-6.ebr1.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.69.140.189) 29.658 ms 30.352 ms 39.874 ms 7 ae-2-2.ebr2.NewYork2.Level3.net (4.69.132.66) 49.903 ms 59.498 ms 54.857 ms 8 ae-1-100.ebr1.NewYork2.Level3.net (4.69.135.253) 51.586 ms 57.691 ms 56.904 ms 9 ae-4-4.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.141.17) 56.484 ms 48.880 ms 51.475 ms 10 ae-42-42.ebr2.London1.Level3.net (4.69.137.69) 120.615 ms 116.879 ms ae-43-
43.ebr2.London1.Level3.net (4.69.137.73) 118.230 ms 11 ae-59-224.csw2.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.142) 121.583 ms ae-58-223.csw2.London1.Level3.net
(4.69.153.138) 122.215 ms ae-57-222.csw2.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.134) 121.284 ms 12 * ae-2-52.edge4.London1.Level3.net (4.69.139.106) 117.938 ms 117.407 ms 13 MNET-INTERN.edge4.London1.Level3.net (212.113.14.198) 119.474 ms 121.152 ms 131.208 ms 14 haetae.canonical.com (91.189.92.154) 613.140 ms 529.832 ms 412.800 ms -bash-4.1# dig A ca.archive.ubuntu.com | grep 91.189.92.154 ca.archive.ubuntu.com. 471 IN A 91.189.92.154 -bash-4.1# date Sun May 20 11:31:50 CDT 2012 -bash-4.1#