Slow SSH is often a failure in reverse DNS. Your webpages probably have dns resolution off, so they're not affected.
netstat -an should run much faster than netstat, it won't be doing any lookups.
try ping
www.gofuckyourself.com
ping
www.mit.edu
ping
www.ind.net
see how quickly it resolves each of those domains. It's a
worth ruling out anyway.
b.