Comment 7 for bug 290921

Just for the record the IP addresses for us.archive.ubuntu.com all seem to resolve to machines in London. Here is one example:

$ tracepath us.archive.ubuntu.com
[first few elided for privacy]
 3: 114.at-5-0-0.gw3.200p-sf.sonic.net (74.220.64.17) 37.975ms asymm 4
 4: 0.as0.gw4.200p-sf.sonic.net (64.142.0.226) 38.212ms
 5: ge-6-22.car1.SanFrancisco1.Level3.net (4.53.128.97) 38.989ms asymm 4
 6: ae-2-4.bar1.SanFrancisco1.Level3.net (4.69.133.150) 44.527ms asymm 13
 7: ae-0-11.bar2.SanFrancisco1.Level3.net (4.69.140.146) 45.756ms asymm 12
 8: ae-6-6.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.140.154) 52.477ms asymm 10
 9: ae-92-92.csw4.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.134.222) 47.267ms
10: ae-94-94.ebr4.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.134.253) 42.315ms
11: ae-2.ebr4.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.135.186) 114.973ms
12: ae-74-74.csw2.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.134.118) 121.746ms
13: ae-81-81.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.134.73) 108.654ms
14: ae-41-41.ebr2.London1.Level3.net (4.69.137.65) 182.792ms
15: ae-1-100.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.132.117) 194.723ms
16: ae-2.ebr2.London2.Level3.net (4.69.132.145) 187.519ms
17: ae-26-54.car2.London2.Level3.net (4.68.117.112) 200.600ms
18: 195.50.121.2 (195.50.121.2) 193.253ms asymm 19
19: drescher.canonical.com (91.189.88.40) 195.202ms reached
     Resume: pmtu 1500 hops 19 back 53