Comments on: Slow downloads with apt-get? Change repos with Select Best Server

By: Peter V

Peter V — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:04:48 +0000

Worked great for me too. Was downloading the 1.5 JDK at 209 bytes… yuck. Done in a couple of minutes after this.

By: moishz

moishz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:34:19 +0000

Thank you very much you are a life saver

By: beton bbx

beton bbx — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:53:05 +0000

Ah thanks a lot! was downloading like 90 mb through synaptic. said it would take 8 hours. after 2 hours i found ur trick and i downloaded it in 5 min thanks a lot

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:35:49 +0000

Thanks a lot, I was stuck at 10kbs or less and now…much better.

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