On Monday 07 July 2008 15:02:41 Philip Charles wrote: > On Monday 07 July 2008, Aidan Gauland wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm been using the ftp.nz.debian.org repository mirror for a while > > now, and yesterday I couldn't get any packages from there. I get this > > error when trying to get a package (jlint, in this case)... > > > > W: Failed to fetch > > ftp://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/pool/main/j/jlint/jlint_3.0-4.1_i386.deb > > Could not connect passive socket. > > > > ...I've never seen that one before, and I haven't made any changes to > > my sources.list file recently. The really odd thing is that I can > > access the site through my web browser, using http, and nmap reports > > that port 21 is open (which is used for ftp). Is anyone on this list > > using this mirror successfully? > > > > Thanks, > > Aidan > > ftp access is not working, http is.
For TelstraClear customers it's as slow as a wet week. Around 250 kbits/sec is a 'going well' speed atm. Tracepatch shows it's being routed via the West Coast of the US. Goodness only knows why? I wish somebody would explain. I feel like lodging a false advertising complaint with the Commerce Commission, because I bought a 10Mbit connection which consistently only manages a fortieth of the advertised speed when connecting to one of the fastest archives in the country. Is the internet suffering yet another spam, worm, or virus storm at the moment? -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
