It's no longer obvious how and where to find mirrors for Blender.
Putting this out there to save you some hair-puling!
In case you are in Singapore, there is a Singapore mirror for Blender! Thank you Kari (whoever you are - teh tarik anytime?).
Lastly, Steam is a super fast way to download Blender! However, as of 29 Nov 2024, the version of Blender on Steam is still on Intel x64, not Apple Silicon arm64. Take note of that!