I have been unable to get my service up in US east region for the past 2 days because Ubuntu packages don't seem to be downloadable.
#:~$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
python-setuptools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-pip python-setuptools
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 536 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,467 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
0% [Connecting to azure.archive.ubuntu.com (168.62.36.156)]
Err http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main python-setuptools all 0.6.24-1ubuntu1A^[OA^[OA^[OA^[OA^[OA^[OA^[OA^[OA^[OA
Could not connect to azure.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (168.62.36.156). - connect (110: Connection timed out)
Err http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe python-pip all 1.0-1build1
Unable to connect to azure.archive.ubuntu.com:http:
Failed to fetch http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/distribute/python-setuptools_0.6.24-1ubuntu1_all.deb Could not connect to azure.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (168.62.36.156). - connect (110: Connection timed out)
Failed to fetch http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/python-pip/python-pip_1.0-1build1_all.deb Unable to connect to azure.archive.ubuntu.com:http:
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?