I just tried it here on EST and it worked fine. I have COX for ISP.
try a trace route
here's what I get. obviously going through New Zealand & Australia slows it a little but I get through no problem
12/04/08 17:35:23 Fast traceroute minelab.com
Trace minelab.com (210.247.176.3

...
1 No Response * * *
2 68.9.9.161 19ms 7ms 8ms TTL: 0 (No rDNS)
3 68.9.7.128 20ms 10ms 11ms TTL: 0 (ip68-9-7-128.ri.ri.cox.net ok)
4 68.9.14.109 11ms 9ms 22ms TTL: 0 (provdsrj02-ge600.0.rd.ri.cox.net ok)
5 68.1.0.94 83ms 82ms 82ms TTL: 0 (langbbrj01-ae3.0.r2.la.cox.net ok)
6 No Response * * *
7 202.50.232.145 236ms 234ms 235ms TTL: 0 (so2-1-2.sybr7.global-gateway.net.nz ok)
8 202.50.232.246 235ms 233ms 234ms TTL: 0 (xe2-0-0-2.sybr5.global-gateway.net.nz ok)
9 202.50.238.214 236ms 234ms 233ms TTL: 0 (No rDNS)
10 202.10.14.137 233ms 235ms 234ms TTL: 0 (xe-3-0-0-150.bdr5.hay.connect.com.au probable bogus rDNS: No DNS)
11 202.10.4.99 246ms 234ms 233ms TTL: 0 (so-3-1-0.cre1.hay.connect.com.au probable bogus rDNS: No DNS)
12 202.10.0.58 234ms 234ms 236ms TTL: 0 (as0.cre1.syd.connect.com.au probable bogus rDNS: No DNS)
13 202.10.0.36 247ms 248ms 358ms TTL: 0 (as1.cre1.bri.connect.com.au probable bogus rDNS: No DNS)
14 202.10.0.110 249ms 255ms 247ms TTL: 0 (so-0-0-1.dst2.for.connect.com.au probable bogus rDNS: No DNS)
15 202.10.14.194 256ms 255ms 248ms TTL: 0 (gi1-24-101.brifdist01.aapt.net.au probable bogus rDNS: No DNS)
16 202.10.13.73 248ms 246ms 400ms TTL: 0 (gi0-2.qbrifcust09.aapt.net.au probable bogus rDNS: No DNS)
17 210.8.229.245 253ms 254ms 254ms TTL: 0 (pow3179-3.gw.connect.com.au ok)
18 203.147.255.105 249ms 249ms 249ms TTL: 0 (vl5.mls1.wic.server-noc.com ok)