On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 12:48:54AM +1100, Charlie wrote:
> 
>    This is the speed test I just completed. Not brilliant but abot as
>    good as it gets for me here:

Have you tried pinging those hosts? or tracerouting them? name
resolution problems? do you use a proxy?

Something like:

# ping -c1 ftp.de.debian.org
PING ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=93.6 ms

--- ftp.de.debian.org ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 93.694/93.694/93.694/0.000 ms

# dig ftp.de.debian.org

; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> ftp.de.debian.org
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7604
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ftp.de.debian.org.             IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ftp.de.debian.org.      2620    IN      A       141.76.2.4

;; Query time: 73 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Fri Mar  8 15:25:32 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 51

# tracepath ftp.de.debian.org
 1:  pris.crapsteak.org                                    0.092ms pmtu 1500
 1:  router.crapsteak.org                                  1.195ms
 1:  router.crapsteak.org                                  1.082ms
 2:  router.crapsteak.org                                  1.129ms pmtu 1492
 2:  192.168.153.1                                        55.957ms
 3:  241.Red-81-46-69.staticIP.rima-tde.net               55.899ms
 4:  So2-0-0-0-grtmadpe3.red.telefonica-wholesale.net    166.974ms asymm  7
 5:  Xe7-1-3-0-grtmadno1.red.telefonica-wholesale.net     56.574ms asymm  8
 6:  213.140.55.178                                       90.845ms asymm  9
 7:  4.69.158.181                                        103.649ms asymm 14
 8:  ae-61-61.csw1.Frankfurt1.Level3.net                 288.445ms asymm 13
 9:  ae-3-80.edge5.Frankfurt1.Level3.net                  93.170ms asymm 12
10:  212.162.4.6                                          88.419ms asymm 13
11:  cr-erl1-te0-0-0-2-5.x-win.dfn.de                    102.770ms asymm 12
12:  cr-erl1-te0-7-0-1.x-win.dfn.de                      101.836ms
13:  kr-dre80-0.x-win.dfn.de                             363.887ms
14:  ftp.de.debian.org                                   109.914ms reached
     Resume: pmtu 1492 hops 14 back 50

After that, and once you have discarded local problems, you can use
some external service:

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

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