Apt-spy

Apt-spy is a program used to test a series of Debian's mirrors for bandwidth. Apt-spy will then generate a  file with the fasted server. You can select which of the Debian server's to benchmark by geographical location.

Tips

 * To retrieve the latest list of Debian mirrors, run (as root)
 * 1) apt-spy update
 * To find the fastest mirror in North America for testing, run
 * 1) apt-spy -d testing -a north-america
 * To find the fastest mirror in Germany for stable, run
 * 1) apt-spy -d stable -s de

FAQ's
Q. What are the region (-d argument) codes?

A. africa, asia, europe, north-america, oceania, and south-america

Q. What if I want apt-spy to only text x mirrors?

A. Add the argument -e x. For example,  would test 5 mirrors hosting unstable, and located in Asia.