# Slow updates from Florida / USA

**URL:** https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/slow-updates-from-florida-usa/2557
**Category:** Basic Help & Support
**Created:** [July 9, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/slow-updates-from-florida-usa/2557 "2026-07-09T17:37:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![logicinmotion](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@logicinmotion](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/logicinmotion)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/slow-updates-from-florida-usa/2557/1 "2026-07-09T17:37:18Z")

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Good morning. I live in Florida, USA. I very much enjoy using Mabox BUT its updates are so slow it is unusable. I find that updates for me drop to speeds of about 20kbps approximately. If that cannot change I am no longer going to be able to use this. Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this?

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### Author: ![muzqs](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/muzqs/32/3702_2.png) [@muzqs](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/muzqs)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/slow-updates-from-florida-usa/2557/2 "2026-07-09T18:06:20Z")

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Hi @logicinmotion,

Sorry to hear you have update speed problems.  
I guess manjaro/mabox repo, both have the issue?

Did you tried.

```auto
sudo pacman-mirrors --geoip
sudo pacman -Syyu

```

This will update the mirrors close to your location.

Or use left click on sysinfo\_mbcolor conky and rank mirrors from left click-menu.

 ![Mabox_20260709-20-01-43](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fe47e2ca75b637feedac3737a03c25b5562fb752.jpeg)

Or use mb-status from tint2. Though geo ip is not listed.

 ![Mabox_20260709-20-07-56](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7844b7061af23d55dc53b8b527c67f205ac659ea.jpeg)

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### Author: ![logicinmotion](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@logicinmotion](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/logicinmotion)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/slow-updates-from-florida-usa/2557/3 "2026-07-09T21:54:41Z")

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Thank you, I appreciate your reply. I just tried this, and I also changed how I connect to my own router from 2.4ghz to 5ghz only, which actually made a significant difference. So, for the moment I hope I am on the winning side of this issue. I will let you know if I have further issues. I VERY much appreciate your assistance.