Very slow pkg install

pkg is extremely slow recently, despite having a 2Gbit/s line.
This only occurs with pkg (not with ports or direct downloads via a web browser)

I can not find a suitable server for pkg for my region (Japan), only ftp servers.

Any solutions for the above problem?
 
I have the same issue - I am in the US and have a 200mb line, yet most pkg downloads are in the 200-500kb range. Supposedly the pkgs are downloaded based on geoip - I have no insight into where mine are coming from though.
 
Look at the webpage on http://pkg.freebsd.org/. Viewing that page will also get redirected to a GeoIP based mirror. From the Netherlands, I typically end up on the New York server.

IMPORTANT: We do NOT guarantee uptime of any particular mirror. We provide SRV fallbacks for redundancy.

Setting a specific package repo server is generally a bad idea as there's NO guarantee that server will be up and running.
 
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