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Hello stanbarrows,
The main reason to cause that maybe is the spaces in FRA region is down in your time.Digitalocean has reported it and soon be fixed.Now you can try again and see if it works well.and,it is always a good habit to see the status page.
Have a nice day.
Shiroka
Heya,
I know it’s been a while since the question was originally posted but I would like to mention the following.
If you happen to experience a similar issue you can always check our status page for information regarding your product. There is a chance that the service can be unavailable or the performance limited due to maintenance or temporary outage.
https://status.digitalocean.com/
Regards