Wow thanks for the financial offering SCync, but truth-be-told this is a very fast server. I'm on an OC3 backbone.
Erik was just mentioning this too actually. hmmm... so now, it bothers me to hear this.
There are only a couple things that might be effecting download times right now: One is that our parent ISP (Telus) is having problems or is upgrading/doing maintenance or something. And i'm not sure about that, cause i think they always lie to people when you ask about that stuff or try to check their service or line avaliability over the phone.
And Two is that the lines between you and this server are bogged or having problems. I think too that just below us in the US there are some line problems going on. When i ping the server (Telus) all the ping times are -50ms except one line somewhere just over the border.
In any event... I'll have a chat with my guy who owns the server and see what he thinks.
Oh and another small issue may be that the database for the Forum is now upwards of 265mb. [saywhat] That may also be playing a role here.
Tell me... is it just the Forum, or the whole site in general? If it's the whole site then it's a server issue for sure. If it's just the boards, then the db may be playing a role.
Thanks for letting me know too.