I'm seeing a consistent 3 minute response time for a medium-sized file:
$ wget http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg --16:16:18-- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Pecan-nuts-on-t ree.jpg => `Pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg' Resolving upload.wikimedia.org... 207.142.131.205, 207.142.131.210, 207.142.131. 213, ... Connecting to upload.wikimedia.org[207.142.131.205]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 173,759 [image/jpeg]
100%[====================================>] 173,759 275.02K/s
16:19:23 (275.02 KB/s) - `Pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg' saved [173759/173759]
This seems pretty far out of normal performance.
Any ideas?