Many Ubuntu Servers Down – Use a Mirror July 23, 2006
Posted by Carthik in news, ubuntu.trackback
Many Ubuntu servers and services are down. Please use a Mirror instead of the normal repository you use if you need to install any new packages.
This page is a list of all the Ubuntu Mirrors.
You can use the old post to see how to update your sources.list file. Basically, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file to use a different URL for the repositories.
It looks like a lot of people are working to restore the servers. Speculation includes a blackout of some servers caused by a heat wave or some other reason. I will keep you posted.
Ubuntu Blog 
I’ve made a litle bash script to update mirrors to working ones…
Here you are: http://italy.copybase.ch/blog/informatica/linux/server-ubuntu-sotto-attacco-un-tip-per-avere-indietro-i-repository/
Bye!
Looks like the official servers are working again.
Its back but what was it? And I just installed yesterday, wasted half a day 😛
[…] Update: Im Ubuntu Blog gibt es eine Infos zu den Mirrors. So wie es aussieht kann man die Security-Updates über fast jeden Mirror verwenden. Es wird aber aus Sicherheitsgründen (Trust) von Ubuntu nicht empfohlen. […]
Looks like the official servers are working again.
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