The nz.archive.ubuntu.com mirror seems to be down....
So I when hunting for alternatives....
The mirrors at the bottom of the list are better than those at the top....
http://ubuntu.mls.nc/ubuntu/ dead
http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dead
http://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/packages/ dead
http://ftp.vectranet.pl/ubuntu/ dead
http://ftp.caliu.info/pub/distribucions/ubuntu/ubuntu/ dead
The times are for fetches from Tait electronics, and may vary according
to what other people were doing at the time. ie. Unless there is an
factor of 5 difference, treat as being the same speed.
Microsecs to fetch gutsy/Release TAB mirror name TAB Date in Release
file.
355279 http://ftp.tecnoera.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
224028 http://cl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
120083 http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/ubuntu.com/ Thu, 18 Oct
2007 11:27:55 UTC
58632 http://ubuntu.ipacct.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
35269 http://mirror.optus.net/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
31815 http://mirror.letsopen.com/os/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
22923 http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
21663 http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
18944 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
18434 http://mirrors.shlug.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
17704 http://sft.if.usp.br/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
15882 http://ubuntu.interlegis.gov.br/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
14824 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
10737 http://ftp.udc.es/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
10651 http://kr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
10610 http://ubuntu-archive.patan.com.ar/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
10218 http://ubuntu.indika.net.id/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
9387 http://snert.mi.hs-heilbronn.de/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
9004 http://ubuntu.linux-bg.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7937 http://mt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7919 http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
7895 http://mirror.lupaworld.com/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
7664 http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7586 http://wwwftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/ubuntu/archives/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7561 http://ftp.lug.ro/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7475 http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/Mirrors/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7406 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7276 http://espelhos.edugraf.ufsc.br/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
7025 http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
6993 http://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
6754 http://ubuntu-archive.polytechnic.edu.na/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
6744 http://ubuntu.sh.cvut.cz/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
6564 http://ftp.linux.edu.lv/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
6412 http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5904 http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5867 http://ftp.estpak.ee/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5842 http://nl3.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5651 http://giano.com.dist.unige.it/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5545 http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5447 http://ubuntu.grn.cat/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5156 http://ftp.stw-bonn.de/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5066 http://ftp.gil.di.uminho.pt/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5042 http://ubuntu.utalca.cl/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
5036 http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4977 http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4957 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4945 http://ftp.crihan.fr/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4868 http://ubuntu.univ-nantes.fr/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4763 http://ubuntutym.u-toyama.ac.jp/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4742 http://mirror2.etf.bg.ac.yu/distributions/ubuntu/ubuntu-
archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4718 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4654 http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/linux/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4650 http://swtsrv.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/linux/distributions/
ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4645 http://bw.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4606 http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/debian/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
4551 http://mirrors.se.eu.kernel.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4474 http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
4456 http://ftp.daum.net/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4455 http://ftp.freepark.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4449 http://ubuntu.lhi.is/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4396 http://ubuntu.uz/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4294 http://ftp.ds.karen.hj.se/pub/os/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
4142 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4138 http://ftp.ticklers.org/archive.ubuntu.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4125 http://ubuntu.gnu.gen.tr/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4098 http://ubuntu.supp.name/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4031 http://ftp.tiscali.nl/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
4010 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3920 http://ftp.duth.gr/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3877 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3725 http://ftp.kfki.hu/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3655 http://ubuntu.secs.oakland.edu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3602 http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
3577 http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/ubuntu/archives/
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3546 http://ubuntu.eriders.ge/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3491 http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3481 http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
3469 http://ftp.uninett.no/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3414 http://ftp.science.nus.edu.sg/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3409 http://ftp.wcss.pl/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3383 http://ubuntu.org.ua/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3366 http://ftp.dat.etsit.upm.es/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3330 http://ubuntu.otenet.gr/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3287 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3279 http://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/ubuntu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
3242 http://ubuntu.ynet.sk/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3228 http://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
3202 http://ubuntu.univ-reims.fr/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3171 http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
3163 http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/ubuntu/packages/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3152 http://hr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3146 http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3122 http://ubuntu.qatar.cmu.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3106 http://ubuntu.mirror.frontiernet.net/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
3080 http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
3069 http://ftp.gui.uva.es/sites/ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
3036 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2999 http://ftp.df.lth.se/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2997 http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2990 http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2944 http://rs.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2941 http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2929 http://ftp.uni-muenster.de/pub/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2884 http://neacm.fe.up.pt/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2861 http://mirror.lcsee.wvu.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2831 http://ubuntu.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2814 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2804 http://ubuntu-archive.datahop.it/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2798 http://ftp.unina.it/pub/linux/distributions/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2759 http://mirror.etf.bg.ac.yu/distributions/ubuntu/ubuntu-archive/
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2740 http://ftp.u-picardie.fr/mirror/ubuntu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2710 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2708 http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2704 http://ftp.energotel.sk/pub/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2674 http://nl2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2666 http://ubuntu.cn99.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2649 http://mirror.zhdk.ch/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2649 http://mirrors.ccs.neu.edu/archive.ubuntu.com/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2637 http://ubuntu.dcc.fc.up.pt/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2627 http://ftp.utexas.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2613 http://mirror.nttu.edu.tw/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2601 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2595 http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2589 http://mir1.ovh.net/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2580 http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2563 http://ubuntu.mithril-linux.org/archives/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2559 http://mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2554 http://ubuntu.cs.uaf.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2547 http://mirrors.nl.eu.kernel.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2547 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2540 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2490 http://mirrors.cs.wmich.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2481 http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2480 http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2475 http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/ubuntu-archive/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2467 http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2460 http://mirrors.acm.jhu.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2447 http://ftp.astral.ro/mirrors/ubuntu.com/archive/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2415 http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2402 http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2399 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2387 http://ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2385 http://mosel.estg.ipleiria.pt/mirror/distros/ubuntu/archive/
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2370 http://mirror.imbrandon.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2368 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2359 http://softlibre.unizar.es/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2344 http://ubuntu.task.gda.pl/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2317 http://ubuntu.intergenia.de/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2307 http://ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2298 http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2287 http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2284 http://ubuntu.positive-internet.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2275 http://ubuntu.fastbull.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2236 http://mirror.rootguide.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2233 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2218 http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2188 http://ubuntu.tiscali.nl/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2169 http://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2167 http://free.nchc.org.tw/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2118 http://ubuntu-mirror.cs.colorado.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
2085 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2070 http://mirror.uni-c.dk/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2064 http://ftp.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2054 http://mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2053 http://archive.ubuntu.uasw.edu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2045 http://archive.ubuntu.com.ba/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2039 http://th.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
2036 http://ftp.cw.net/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1968 http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1963 http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1959 http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1959 http://lug.mtu.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1915 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
1880 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1876 http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
1782 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1768 http://mirrors.xmission.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1745 http://archive.ubuntu.mnosi.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1721 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1656 http://tezcatl.fciencias.unam.mx/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
1651 http://ubuntu.csie.nctu.edu.tw/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1633 http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1623 http://ftp.cse.yzu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Ubuntu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18
Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
1485 http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
1462 http://ubuntu-ashisuto.ubuntulinux.jp/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
1453 http://debian.nctu.edu.tw/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
913 http://archive.ubuntu-rocks.org/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
803 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
598 http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007
11:27:55 UTC
594 http://mirror.3fl.net.au/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
591 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct
2007 11:27:55 UTC
567 http://nz2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
454 http://ftp.netspace.net.au/pub/ubuntu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:55 UTC
Attached is the script I used....
John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Zealand
======================================================================
#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
require 'pp'
mirror_html = `wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors`
mirrors = {}
mirror_html.scan(%r{<a\ href="([^\"]+)">http</a>}x){|m| mirrors[$1]=nil}
STDOUT.sync = true
mirrors.keys.sort.each do |mirror|
t = Time.now
release = `wget -q -O - --no-cache #{mirror}/dists/gutsy/Release`
if release =~ %r{ ^Date:\ ([^\n]+) }x
date = $1
puts "#{((Time.now - t) * 1000).to_i}\t#{mirror}\t#{date}"
else
puts "#{mirror} dead"
end
end
