Comment 11 for bug 113658

I would like to see this fixed as well... Workarounds:

- maybe apt-proxy would be a workaround here for Scott and others: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptProxy - it is similar to apt-cacher, includes its own cache, and doesn't require changes the the client sources.list.
- also, the very bandwidth constrained can also order an Alternate CD from a local supplier - this has all the .deb packages, so it can be used as a target for updates by adding it with apt-cdrom.