apt-get update unable to connect to ftp.de.debian.org

[Markus]

And actually looking back at my post it wasn't quite correct. apt-spy finds mirrors that are fastest for you, not necessarily closest geographically.

[pureone]

apt-spy dont seem to work for me....

i used ftp2.de.debian.org and it all worked nice for me.

[gnarvaja]

And actually looking back at my post it wasn't quite correct. apt-spy finds mirrors that are fastest for you, not necessarily closest geographically.

I used 'geographically' in a very loose sense. apt-spy recommendations are based on response times. Usually the mirrors on the same region/country/continent are faster than the ones around the world from your location.

--GN

[Markus]

And actually looking back at my post it wasn't quite correct. apt-spy finds mirrors that are fastest for you, not necessarily closest geographically.

I used 'geographically' in a very loose sense. apt-spy recommendations are based on response times.

I was correcting my post, not yours

Usually the mirrors on the same region/country/continent are faster than the ones around the world from your location.

True.

[GFBurke]

There servers seem to be working now btw.

[gnarvaja]

There servers seem to be working now btw.

I usually leave 2 or 3 lines of servers and only 1 uncommented for each option. That way if one fails, I can always edit sources.list and get access to the other servers. The only problem is that for every server apt-get update creates a humongous database file.
Also, a rule of thumb try to replace de with your country code.

Original: ftp.de.debian.org
US: ftp.us.debian.org
Brazil: ftp.br.debian.org
... and so on

Check the Debian site for debian.org mirrors in your country.

--GN