<mirror>
<id>Central</id>
<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
<mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf>
</mirror>Have you tried redirecting everything to Central via a mirror? Alternatively you can setup a Maven Repository Manager (MRM) locally (even on your laptop) so that it no longer matters if there are repository abuses in the pom, Maven will only contact your local MRM and avoid multiple, slow, network connections for each defined repo.
