yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> said:
> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??

Yes.  It assumes that low latency equals high throughput, which is not
always the case (in fact it is often not true).  Now, mirrormanager
should be pointing you to a regional mirror to start with, so you should
probably check that (there could be a bad mirror listed or something
like that).
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.