is there a reason i can't retrieve a mirrorlist for yum anymore?

[Kam Leo]

On 6/4/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>  suddenly, a few days ago, i started getting the following
> invariably:
>
> Setting up repositories
> Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=i386
> error was
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates
>
>  i haven't messed with my yum configuration lately.  thoughts?
>
> rday

I seem to recall having the same experience just after F7 was
released. I wasn't using yum but was browsing a repo to cross check
the fedora-package-config-smart with the one from F7. Update had no
directory entry for 6. It's back now.