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/ -- Primary key fingerprint: AD8F BDC0 5A2C FD5F A179 60E7 F79B AB04 5299 EC56
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