Servers sluggish...

[Brian Lunergan]

On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 20:10 +0800, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> > If it has any bearing on the discussion I'm using 8.04 connecting by
> > dial-up (GnomePPP) using an external/serial hardware modem.
> >

> You are using a dial-up connection to get Hard updates? For real? What 
> modem do you have? A Hayes brand?
> 

The modem brand is Gnet. I haven't seen Hayes brand modems in the stores
here for years. Yes, I use dial-up because I tried high-speed and found
the house and/or local neighbourhood wiring wasn't able to support it.

I certainly wouldn't bother updating to a whole new edition of Ubuntu by
dial-up. That would be time to request the CD. I do, however,
download/update individual packages and system components. It has worked
well until recently. Perhaps, as a few responders have suggested, my
next stop is a chat with my ISP to find out if something is going on
there.

Regards...
-- 
Brian Lunergan
Nepean, Ontario
Canada