Speeds seem fine when I test it:
[root@server1 root]# wget
http://www.unrestricted.net/bigtest.tgz
--20:46:01--
http://www.unrestricted.net/bigtest.tgz
=> `bigtest.tgz'
Resolving
www.unrestricted.net... done.
Connecting to
www.unrestricted.net[66.96.192.203]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 129,674,464 [application/x-tar]
100%[=>] 129,674,464 6.50M/s ETA 00:00
20:46:21 (6.50 MB/s) - `bigtest.tgz' saved [129674464/129674464]