The problem is still there. The thing that makes it strange and hard to pinpoint, is that it is like a lottery, sometimes you get one repository saying 401 and sometimes four. Still looking at it.
$ host repository.maemo.org repository.maemo.org is an alias for repository.maemo.org.edgesuite.net. repository.maemo.org.edgesuite.net is an alias for a515.g.akamai.net. a515.g.akamai.net has address 92.123.154.27 a515.g.akamai.net has address 92.123.154.18