Michael: (Seriously...) The problems are on your side. Response time has been fairly slow a lot of the time since the new launch. I don't have the performance problems at other sites that I do with FlyerTalk.
If there's any way we can help you address this, let us know. But it really is very slow lately.
By the way, something that I don't think has been mentioned on this thread - when I go to post a message, the delay is particularly bad. Messages used to post right after I hit the "Submit Reply" button, now there is a longish delay.
For what it's worth, I nearly always connect to FT via a DSL connection from home and T1 from the office.