Appears to be fixed here. ... View more

Still slow here to. Also located in Melbourne. ... View more

Same here: TPG: wget http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg -O /tmp/null --2021-02-15 18:44:31-- http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)... 63.160.156.46 Connecting to speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)|63.160.156.46|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: ‘/tmp/null’ /tmp/null 5%[=> ] 1.67M 33.8KB/s eta 16m 48s^C In case anyone thinks it is nortex.com that is the issue, what it looks like when running the same command over SSH on a non-TPG connection: wget http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg -O /tmp/null --2021-02-15 18:45:12-- http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)... 63.160.156.46 Connecting to speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)|63.160.156.46|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: '/tmp/null' 100%[======================================>] 31,625,365 5.77MB/s in 6.8s 2021-02-15 18:45:20 (4.44 MB/s) - '/tmp/null' saved [31625365/31625365] If I bothered to let the download finish, looking at like 30mins, vs. 6.8s! Edit: let it finish: wget http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg -O /tmp/null --2021-02-15 18:46:40-- http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)... 63.160.156.46 Connecting to speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)|63.160.156.46|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: ‘/tmp/null’ /tmp/null 100%[=======================================>] 30.16M 24.3KB/s in 20m 14s 2021-02-15 19:06:54 (25.4 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/null’ saved [31625365/31625365] So 20m 14s, not 30min, but compared to 6.8s, that's still 179X's as long. ... View more

SpeedTest will default to a local mirror. Lots of stuff will use CDN's to, so also default to something loca even if the actual server/service is based OS. Bet the usenet servers are all in the US/EU. Issue to me appears to be slow international speeds, not usenet specific. Need to confirm that http speeds from OS servers are also effected for you though. For example if http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg http://speedtest.g1telecom.net/random4000x4000.jpg  are also slow for you. Still slow here and I know it isn't just those particular servers, because I retested on a local VPS. ... View more

Not just you.   TPG: wget http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg -O /dev/null --2021-02-14 09:45:03-- http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)... 63.160.156.46 Connecting to speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)|63.160.156.46|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: ‘/dev/null’ /dev/null 41%[================> ] 12.64M 22.8KB/s eta 12m 0s ^C Not TPG: wget http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg -O /dev/null --2021-02-14 09:45:11-- http://speedtest.nortex.com/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)... 63.160.156.46 Connecting to speedtest.nortex.com (speedtest.nortex.com)|63.160.156.46|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: '/dev/null' 100%[===============================================================>] 31,625,365 5.26MB/s in 7.0s TPG: wget http://speedtest.g1telecom.net/random4000x4000.jpg -O /dev/null --2021-02-14 09:55:08-- http://speedtest.g1telecom.net/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.g1telecom.net (speedtest.g1telecom.net)... 177.11.16.73 Connecting to speedtest.g1telecom.net (speedtest.g1telecom.net)|177.11.16.73|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: ‘/dev/null’ /dev/null 4%[> ] 1.32M 15.3KB/s eta 19m 0s ^ Not TPG: wget http://speedtest.g1telecom.net/random4000x4000.jpg -O /dev/null --2021-02-14 09:55:05-- http://speedtest.g1telecom.net/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.g1telecom.net (speedtest.g1telecom.net)... 177.11.16.73 Connecting to speedtest.g1telecom.net (speedtest.g1telecom.net)|177.11.16.73|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: '/dev/null' 100%[===============================================================>] 31,625,365 2.59MB/s in 14s   Appears to be purely an international issue: TPG: wget http://speedtest.me1.vic.ausnetservers.net.au/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg -O /dev/null --2021-02-14 10:18:10-- http://speedtest.me1.vic.ausnetservers.net.au/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving speedtest.me1.vic.ausnetservers.net.au (speedtest.me1.vic.ausnetservers.net.au)... 103.243.239.234 Connecting to speedtest.me1.vic.ausnetservers.net.au (speedtest.me1.vic.ausnetservers.net.au)|103.243.239.234|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: ‘/dev/null’ /dev/null 100%[=========================================>] 30.16M 12.3MB/s in 2.5s wget http://brs1.speedtest.telstra.net:8080/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg -O /dev/null --2021-02-14 10:20:34-- http://brs1.speedtest.telstra.net:8080/speedtest/random4000x4000.jpg Resolving brs1.speedtest.telstra.net (brs1.speedtest.telstra.net)... 203.39.103.129, 2001:8000:106:1b::2 Connecting to brs1.speedtest.telstra.net (brs1.speedtest.telstra.net)|203.39.103.129|:8080... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 31625365 (30M) [image/jpeg] Saving to: ‘/dev/null’ /dev/null 100%[=========================================>] 30.16M 12.0MB/s in 2.5s No speed issues there.   On the other hand, a US based server: Not TPG:   100%[===============================================================>] 40,198,178 5.13MB/s in 8.8s TPG:     /dev/null 51%[====================> ] 19.81M 32.8KB/s in 11m 15s /dev/null 100%[+++++++++++++++++++++====================>] 38.34M 38.5KB/s in 10m 35s ~150X's slower with the download timing out once.   ... View more